German-American political philosopher who wrote The New Science of Politics and Order and History — arguing that modern totalitarian ideologies (Nazism, Communism, progressivism) are forms of Gnosticism — immanentizing the eschaton (bringing the Kingdom of Heaven down to earth) — whose thought provides the philosophical analysis of political religion.
Provided the concept of 'immanentizing the eschaton' — all modern utopian political projects are secularized forms of the Gnostic heresy that insists on realizing the perfect society within history — making political violence the inevitable consequence of the attempt to force transcendence into the world.
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