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A new science of politics : Hans Kelsen's reply to Eric Voegelin's "New science of politics" : a contribution to the critique of ideology

Eric Voegelin is famous as a philosopher of history and a as one of the most eminent political scientists of the 20th century. His most fundamental work on political theory, the ""New Science of Politics, is nowadays considered a classic in it's field. While the ""New Science"" has always been a very controversial book, it's critics have hardly ever taken the pain to pinpoint the weaknesses they condemned Voegelins book for. There is, however, one exception: Only shortly after the appearance of Voegelins ""New Science"" in 1954, Hans Kelsen has written a most detailed reply to this book of his

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