Science, Politics, And Gnosticism
Contributors: Ellis Sandoz (Introduction)
Publisher: ISI Books
Published: January 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781932236484
Subjects: Political; Political Science; Philosophy; Politics/International Relations; General
Description: Science, Politics and Gnosticism comprises two essays by Eric Voegelin (1901-85), arguably one of the most provocative and influential political philosophers of the last century. In these essays, Voegelin contends that certain modern movements, including positivism, Hegelianism, Marxism, and the "God is dead" school, are variants of the gnostic tradition he identified in his classic work The New Science of Politics. Voegelin attempts to resolve the intellectual confusion that has resulted from the dominance of gnostic thought by clarifying the distinction between political gnosticism and the philosophy of politics.