Politisches Ordnungsdenken aus christlichem Glauben. Eric Voegelins Antwort auf das Zeitalter der Ideologien

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  • Hans-Martin Schönherr-Mann

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https://doi.org/10.15203/ozp.769.vol30iss1

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Das Zeitalter des Totalitarismus prägt das politische Denken Eric Voegelins (1901–1985). Angesichts der gefährdeten westlichen Welt sucht er nach den Fundamenten der politischen Ordnung, die er nicht in der liberalen, sondern in der christlichen Tradition diagnostiziert. Kommunismus, Faschismus und sogar der Liberalismus als vorherrschende Ideologien der Moderne wurzeln nämlich gemeinsam in einer weit herkommenden Tradition des Gnostizismus, der die unveränderlichen menschlichen Wesensmerkmale aufzulösen trachtet. Demgegenüber propagiert Voegelin einen starken Staat, der sich nicht von den Illusionen einer Medienwelt blenden lässt, der vielmehr das Böse noch zu identifizieren vermag. Dem Ideologieverdacht sucht Voegelin dagegen im Rückgriff auf die platonisch- augustinische Tradition zu entgehen. Ein originär christliches Denken braucht dann auch keine explizite Ethik, die es wie im scholastischen Denken automatisch enthält.

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