Stages of a quest: reconstructing the outline structure of Eric Voegelin's "History of political ideas"

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the process of intellectual quest, or ‘zetesis’ (Voegelin 1974: 178, 190), underlying Voegelin’s work on the ‘History of Political Ideas’. More concretely, the paper will reconstruct the various stages in the planned outline structure, using the results of this exegetic work to improve upon the Table of Contents as presented by the editors of the History of Political Ideas, and draw conclusions concerning the reading and interpretation of the work as a whole.
Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
PublisherVoegelin Archiv, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Number of pages71
ISBN (Print)1430-6786
Publication statusPublished - 2001

Publication series

NameOccasional Papers
PublisherVoegelin Archiv, Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität München
No.25

Keywords

  • ‘History of Political Ideas’.
  • Voegelin
  • Intellectual quest
  • [SocietyPoliticsEthics]

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