Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Introduction: Politics and History 1
4. Modernity and History I: What is Modernity? 9
5. Modernity and History II: On the Edge of Modernity? 22
6. From Feudalism to Capitalism: History and Politics in the Scottish Enlightenment 33
7. Political Eschatology and Soteriological Nationalism in Nineteenth Century Germany 51
8. Liberalism and Historicism: Benedetto Croce and the Political Role of Idealism in Modern Italy 1890-1952 69
9. Political Reality and History in the Work of Eric Voegelin 120
10. History, Politics and the Sense of Sin: The Case of Reinhold Niebuhr 135
11. The Future and Catastrophe: The Concept of History in Italian Futurism 172
12. Biographical Sketches of the Authors 205