I muri i tona habilitation i reira i 1928, whakaako ia ariā tōrangapū me te sociology. I roto i Austria Voegelin tīmata hoa roa ki a Alfred Schütz me ki F. A. Hayek. Hei hua o te Anschluss o Austria ki Germany i 1938, Voegelin i maka i tona mahi. narrowly te karo hopukina e te Gestapo, a muri i te noho poto i roto i Switzerland, ka tae ia i roto i te United States. whakaako ia i roto i ngā whare wānanga rerekē i mua i te whakauru i te Louisiana State University o te Tari o te Kawanatanga i roto i te tau 1942. noho Voegelin i roto i Baton Rouge i 1958 ka whakaae ia ki te tuku i te Munich o Ludwig-Mailians-University ki te whakakapi i te tumuaki o Max Weber, a ka hoki mai ia ki te Whare Wānanga o Amerika, i muri i te mate o Henry Weber i runga i te January 19, 1985, ka uru ia ki te Whare Wānanga o Amerika i Munich hei mema.
Ko te tau 1969