Out of the Crooked Wood: How Eric Voegelin Read Immanuel Kant
To start with the premise that the philosopher is entirely free–the governing assumption of . . . all analytic philosophy–might only end with the assertion that what…
Political Corruption
In the present context we have to concentrate on the existential enmity between Callicles and Socrates-Plato and on the critical analysis of political corruption. Above all, Socrates…
Conspiracism’s Gnostic Roots
Among the Truthers: A Journey into the Growing Conspiracist Underground of 9/11. Jonathan Kay. New York: Harper Collins, 2011. In his Science, Politics, and Gnosticism, Eric…
Justice and the Western Perception of Dostoevsky
As Seen in the Films of Woody Allen Every reading necessarily involves a misreading.1 This is true especially in the case of Fyodor Dostoevsky and has even…
“Rights” and Political Reality
Rethinking Rights: Historical, Political, and Philosophical Perspectives. Bruce P. Frohnen and Kenneth L. Grasso, eds. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2009. Human rights are a…
Voegelin and the Troubled Greatness of Hegel
It would challenge credulity to claim that, contrary to appearances, Voegelin's relationship with G.W.F. Hegel is positive. The tone Voegelin adopts toward modern thinkers in general, and…