The New Science of Politics: An Introduction (Walgreen Foundation Lectures)
<b>“Must be considered one of the most enlightening essays on the character of European politics that has appeared in half a century… powerful and vivid.”—<i>Times Literary Supplement</i></b><br />  <br /> “Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that <i>The New Science of Politics</i> would be a best-seller by political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the six Walgreen lectures is a complete theory of man, society, and history, presented at the most profound and intellectual level…Voegelin’s [work] stands out in bold relief from much of what has passed under the name of political science in recent decades…<i>The New Science</i> is aptly titled, for Voegelin makes clear at the outset that a ‘return to the specific content’ of premodern political theory is out of the question…The subtitle of the book, <i>An Introduction</i>, clearly indicates that <i>The New Science of Politics</i> is an invitation to join the search for the recovery of our full humanity.”—From the new foreword by Dante Germino<br /><br /> “One of the most distinguished interpreters to Americans of the non-liberal streams of European thought…brilliant insights.”—<i>American Political Science Review</i>