O presente artigo debate a recepção brasileira das obras do filósofo e cientista polÃtico Eric Voegelin. Atento ao movimento iniciado em 1979 com a publicação de A nova ciência da polÃtica, o texto apresenta a recepção editorial e o teor geral das obras do pensador traduzidas ao português no Brasil. Concomitante ao recenseamento da bibliografia primária, a investigação examina a bibliografia secundária, identificando a curvatura crÃtica inicial da recepção brasileira da obra de Voegelin, situada entre as reflexões filosófica de Lima Vaz sj e sociológica de Guerreiro Ramos.
The present article discusses the Brazilian reception given to the work of the philosopher and political scientist, Eric Voegelin. Attentive to the movement that started in 1979 with the publication of The new science of Politics, this text presents the academic reception as well as the general contents of the author’s work which was translated into Portuguese and available in Brazil. In addition to the listing of primary works, this research examines the secondary bibliography in order to identify the initial critical perspective of Voegelin’s reception in Brazil, situated between the philosophical reflexions of Lima Vaz and Guerreiro Ramo’s sociological considerations.
