A Friendship That Lasted a Lifetime m Other books in the Eric Voegelin Series in Political Philosophy America and the Political Philosophy of Common Sense, by Scott Philip Segrest Beginning the Quest: Law and Politics in the Early Work of Eric Voegelin, by Barry Cooper How World Politics Is Made: François Mitterand and the Reunification of Germany, by Tilo Schabert Worldview and Mind: Religious Thought and Psychological Development, by Eugene Webb Rethinking Rights: Historical, Political, and Philosophical Perspectives, edited by Bruce P. Frohnen and Kenneth L. Grasso The Philosopher and the Storyteller: Eric Voegelin and Twentieth-Century Literature, by Charles R. Embry The Constitutionalism of American States, edited by George E. Connor and Christopher W. Hammons Voegelin Recollected: Conversations on a Life, edited by Barry Cooper and Jodi Bruhn The American Way of Peace: An Interpretation, by Jan Prybyla Faith and Political Philosophy: The Correspondence between Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin, 1934–1964, edited by Peter Emberley and Barry Cooper New Political Religions, or an Analysis of Modern Terrorism, by Barry Cooper Art and Intellect in the Philosophy of Étienne Gilson, by Francesca Aran Murphy Robert B. Heilman and Eric Voegelin: A Friendship in Letters, 1944–1984, edited by Charles R. Embry Voegelin, Schelling, and the Philosophy of Historical Existence, by Jerry Day Transcendence and History: The Search for Ultimacy from Ancient Societies to Postmodernity, by Glenn Hughes Eros, Wisdom, and Silence: Plato’s Erotic Dialogues, by James M. Rhodes The Narrow Path of Freedom and Other Essays, by Eugene Davidson Hans Jonas: The Integrity of Thinking, by David J. Levy A Government of Laws: Political Theory, Religion, and the American Founding, by Ellis Sandoz Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World, by John von Heyking Lonergan and the Philosophy of Historical Existence, by Thomas J. McPartland The Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy: Studies in Religion and Politics Etty Hillesum and the Flow of Presence: A Voegelinian Analysis, by Meins G. S. Coetsier Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism, by Albert Camus; translated with an introduction by Ronald D. Srigley Voegelin and the Problem of Christian Political Order, by Jeffrey C. Herndon Republicanism, Religion, and the Soul of America, by Ellis Sandoz Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics, by Elizabeth Campbell Corey Jesus and the Gospel Movement: Not Afraid to Be Partners, by William Thompson-Uberuaga The Religious Foundations of Francis Bacon’s Thought, by Stephen A. McKnight Politics Reformed: The Anglo-American Legacy of Covenant Theology, by Glenn A. Moots A Friendship That Lasted a Lifetime m the correspondence between Alfred Schütz and Eric Voegelin translated by William Petropulos edited by Gerhard Wagner and Gilbert Weiss University of Missouri Press Columbia and London Copyright © 2011 by The Curators of the University of Missouri University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201 Printed and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 Cataloging-in-Publication data available from the Library of Congress ISBN 978-0-8262-1911-4 ∞ ™ This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984. Designer: Kristie Lee Typesetter: K. Lee Design & Graphics Printer and Binder: Integrated Book Technology, Inc Typeface: Minion Contents m Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Editors’ Introduction 1 The Letters 9 Appendix: Complete List of Letters in the Schütz-Voegelin Correspondence 211 Index 227 Acknowledgments m The editors and translator wish to express their gratitude to the Voegelin- Zentrum für Politik, Kultur und Religion of the Geschwister-Scholl-Institut, University of Munich, where this translation was made with the help and support of the center’s resources. Acknowledgment is made to the Northwestern University Press and to Springer Science and Business Media, holders of the original copyright, for their kind permission to quote from Edmund Husserl, The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology, trans. David Carr (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1970).