Eric Voegelin
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Eric Voegelin
Anyone who wishes to live in a relatively tranquil society knows that polarization—that is, the times of das Politische—is anything but reassuring. This is not difficult to understand: during moments of polarization, every situation, act, subject, or object, no matter how insignificant it might appear in more “normal” times, becomes unbearably politicizable and politicized, as though the tangible and intangible alike were ontologically impregnated by the political. (more…)
