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# Eric Voegelin: Timeline Biographical Sketch
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/eric-voegelin-bio/
- Published: 2023-06-15T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-06-15T14:42:19.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Eric Voegelin, Biography, Briefly

1901: Born in Cologne.

1910: Moved to Vienna.

1922: Received doctorate in political science from the University of Vienna. While there, he attended seminars by Ludwig von Mises and developed a lasting friendship with F.A. Hayek.

1922-1926: Studied at the universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Oxford, Columbia, Harvard, and Wisconsin. Also at the Sorbonne.

1928: Published his first book, *On the Form of the American Mind*.

1930s: Published *Race and State*, *The History of the Race Idea*, and *The Authoritarian State*, which made him a target of the Nazis, who withdrew the latter two from circulation. *History* was vigorously de-platformed.

1938: The Anschluss, fired from the University of Vienna, fled to America.

1939: Published *The Political Religions*.

1939-1942: Bounced around Harvard, Bennington College, and University of Alabama.

1942-1958: Professor at Louisiana State University.

1952: Published *The New Science of Politics*, which made him famous for a short spell, thanks to *Time Magazine*’s feature story about the book.

1956-1957: Published first three volumes of his *magnum opus*, *Order and History*: *Israel and Revelation*, *The World of the Polis*, and *Plato and Aristotle*.

1958: Professor at the University of Munich.

1968: Published *Science, Politics and Gnosticism* (his most-accessible book; beginners: start with this!)

1969: Professor at Stanford.

1985: Died and buried pursuant to the Lutheran rites of burial.