Eric Voegelin.pdf - Geschwister-Scholl-Institut für Politikwissenschaft

INHALT
INTRODUCTORY NOTE ................................................................ 5
PART I
VOEGELIN LINKS GNOSTICISM TO POLITICAL THEORY .. 20
Definitions of Gnosticism .......................................................... 25
Return to Voegelin ..................................................................... 31
„Nothing to Retract or Correct“:
Gnosticism in the New Science ................................................. 31
Early Gnosticism in the New Science of Politics ....................... 33
Voegelin’s Concept of Gnosticism and its Implications ............ 35
PART II
THE LATER VOEGELIN ON GNOSTICISM:
IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPRESSIVE VIOLENCE ...................... 40
Gnosticism in Voegelin’s Science, Politics, and Gnosticism ..... 40
Implications of Voegelin’s Analysis for an Understanding of
Violence ..................................................................................... 42
Voegelin on Gnosticism in The Ecumenic Age ......................... 45
A Modern Gnostic’s View of Violence:
A Comparison of Voegelin and Sartre ....................................... 48
Conclusion: Gnosticism in In Search of Order .......................... 50