Published Essays, 1966-1985

Published Essays, 1966-1985 includes some of the most trenchant and compelling of Eric Voegelin's work and is an indispensable companion to his Anamnesis and to the fourth and fifth volumes of Order and History, which were prepared for publication during the same period, the last two decades of the author's life. These essays are quintessential Voegelin.

Voegelin was an essayist at heart, and the pieces gathered here bear on almost every aspect of his philosophy. They rang…