作者简介：沃格林（Eric Voegelin，1901-1985）/ 20世纪西方著名的政治哲学家。在实证主义政治科学独领风骚的年代里，沃格林凭借渊博的学问和深刻的见识，对人之本性、处境和命运进行了深邃的思考和探索，试图恢复对政治事务之本质的洞察，重建真正的政治科学。沃格林生前发表了上百篇论文和多种著作，其中以《新政治科学》和《秩序与历史》最为著名，现有英文版《沃格林全集》34卷行世。

译者简介：段保良 / 政治学博士，执教于陕西师范大学，主要研究领域为政治哲学，西方政治思想史。

"Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that "The New Science of Politics" would be a best-seller by political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the six Walgreen lectures is a complete theory of man, society, and history, presented at the most profound and intellectual level. . . . Voegelin's [work] stands out in bold relief from much of what has passed under the name of political science in recent decades. . . . The New Science is aptly titled, for Voegelin makes clear at the outset that a 'return to the specific content' of premodern political theory is out of the question. . . . The subtitle of the book, An Introduction, clearly indicates that The New Science of Politics is an invitation to join the search for the recovery of our full humanity."--From the new Foreword by Dante Germino

"This book must be considered one of the most enlightening essays on the character of European politics that has appeared in half a century. . . . This is a book powerful and vivid enough to make agreement or disagreement with even its main thesis relatively unimportant."--"Times Literary Supplement "

"Voegelin . . . is one of the most distinguished interpreters to Americans of the non-liberal streams of European thought. . . . He brings a remarkable breadth of knowledge, and a historical imagination that ranges frequently into brilliant insights and generalizations."--Francis G. Wilson, "American Political Science Review "

"This book is beautifully constructed . . . his erudition constantly brings a startling illumination."--Martin Wright, "International Affairs "

"A ledestar to thinking men who seek a restoration of political science on the classic and Christian basis . . . a significant accomplishment in the retheorization of our age."--Anthony Harrigan, "Christian Century "