The Comparative Politics of Eric Voegelin (Part IV)
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Voegelin’s Concepts for Political Science From these essays we see Voegelin recognized the importance of the industrial society in comparative politics and why it was most compatible with constitutional democracy. Critical to industrial society was the diffusion of the entrepreneurial function–seizing social initiative in the economy–among various parties (e.g., politicians, labor leaders, industrial capitalists) that not only made everyone interdependent in their social and economic activity but also responsible for common interest of society. The entrepreneur was crucial for industrial society because it made the economy more productive, thereby averting class antagonism in society by raising the wages for members of society.
The Comparative Politics of Eric Voegelin (Part IV)
The Comparative Politics of Eric Voegelin…
The Comparative Politics of Eric Voegelin (Part IV)
Voegelin’s Concepts for Political Science From these essays we see Voegelin recognized the importance of the industrial society in comparative politics and why it was most compatible with constitutional democracy. Critical to industrial society was the diffusion of the entrepreneurial function–seizing social initiative in the economy–among various parties (e.g., politicians, labor leaders, industrial capitalists) that not only made everyone interdependent in their social and economic activity but also responsible for common interest of society. The entrepreneur was crucial for industrial society because it made the economy more productive, thereby averting class antagonism in society by raising the wages for members of society.