A natureza da modernidade

GNOSTICISM, MILLENARIANISM, AND THE NATURE OF MODERNITY:
A REASSESSMENT OF ERIC VOEGELIN’S POLITICAL THEORY
BY
MURRAY JARDINE
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
mailto:jardimu@auburn.edu
PRESENTED AT
THE SIXTH BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM ON RELIGION AND POLITICS
APRIL 28-30, 2011

GNOSTICISM, MILLENARIANISM, AND THE NATURE OF MODERNITY:
A REASSESSMENT OF ERIC VOEGELIN’S POLITICAL THEORY
Eric Voegelin (1901-85) is most famous for his argument that the modern age is best understood as a revival, in modified form, of the ancient religious movement referred to as Gnosticism. Voegelin argues that the typical forms of modern consciousness correspond strikingly to the gnostic consciousness pervasive in late antiquity, and that modern politics is essentially a secularized form of the gnostic attempt to achieve self-salvation through esoteric knowledge, ultimately rejecting any limits on human attempts to create heaven on earth...
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