Eric Voegelin
Philosopher, Author
1901 – 1985
Who was Eric Voegelin?
Eric Voegelin was a German-born American political philosopher. He was born in Cologne, then within Imperial Germany, and educated in political science at the University of Vienna. He became a teacher and then an associate professor of political science at the Faculty of Law. In 1938 he, with his wife, fled from the Nazi forces which had recently entered Vienna, emigrating to the United States, where they became citizens in 1944. He spent most of his academic career at the University of Notre Dame, Louisiana State University, the University of Munich and the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.
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- Born
- Jan 3, 1901
Cologne - Also known as
- Eric Herman Wilhelm Voegelin
- Erich Hermann Wilhelm Vögelin
- Nationality
- Germany
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Habilitation, University of Vienna
Political Science
( - 1928)
- Habilitation, University of Vienna
- Lived in
- Baton Rouge
( - 1958) - Munich
(1958 - 1969) - California
(1969 - 1985/01/19)
- Baton Rouge
- Died
- Jan 19, 1985
Stanford
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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