| Abstract [eng] |
The dissertation examines the problem of the relationship between E. Voegelin's philosophy of consciousness and his political philosophy. The aim is to provide a systematic analysis of this problem, while systemically reconstructing the fundamental theoretical assumptions underlying E. Voegelin's philosophy of consciousness and philosophical anthropology, as well as the implications of these theoretical assumptions for political philosophy. The basis of the dissertation’s method is the critical analysis of Voegelin's political philosophy texts in the broader context of the main theoretical assumptions underlying his philosophy of consciousness. It is argued that the philosophy of consciousness in E. Voegelin’s political philosophy unfolds itself as an epistemological principle for political knowledge, which is based on the theoretical assumption that primordial experiential reality transcending the subject-object duality is the constitutive principle of the genesis of political order. The work shows that this paradigm of political philosophy, with the philosophy of consciousness at its centre, essentially offers a new approach to the knowledge of politics, which could be described as "political hermeneutics". This paradigm also implies the notion of political normativity, where the source of normativity is traced to the openness of consciousness to specific non-intentional experiences that function as a regulative principle in ethics and politics. |
