Why Musicians Need Philosophy
Not as much, I grant, as philosophers need music, but nevertheless the need is real. In the past our musical culture had secure foundations in the church,…
Reflections on the Capitol Riots
It is strange to read back what I had written four years ago and see how little has changed in our political climate except for the cast…
Introduction to Poetic Heroism
In the opening paragraphs of his renowned After Virtue (1981), Alasdair MacIntyre shares with us the vision of a world in which discourse has been disconnected from…
John Selden and the Western Tradition
John Selden and the Western Tradition. Ofir Haivry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Beyond the circles of specialists in legal and political theory and history who…
Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange
“Liberalism has failed—not because it fell short, but because it was true to itself. It has failed because it has succeeded,” writes Notre Dame political philosopher Patrick…
Representation in Politics: Transcendental Dreaming and Existential Crisis
Abstract[1] This paper focuses on what Voegelin’s text The New Science of Politics and what he calls “unrestrained modernity” alongside an exploration of the problem of infinity…
The End of History, Identity Politics, and Transcendence
Alexandre Kojève is one of Hegel’s most widely read commentators in the Western world, and his influence in the 20th and 21st centuries was immense. Behind the…
Loss of Meaning, Loss of Aims: Necessity, Leadership, and Lurking Totalitarianism in Western Culture
The criticism of European modernity and its intellectual developments have long been haunting the Western intellect. Perhaps the first most vigilant observer of encroaching modernity was Pascal,…
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Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy
Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy. Gregory M. Collins. Cambridge University Press, 2020. It can only be fortunate for us and the future of…
American Revolution: Radical or Conservative?
The Eric Voegelin Institute invites you to a series of conversations on "American Revolution: Radical or Conservative?" Harvey Mansfield, "The Right of Revolution Today" -- Tuesday, March…
Questions About a Person-Centered Leadership
James MacGregor Burns concluded his 1978 classic on Leadership by stating, "In real life the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns,…
Between Order and Disorder: Ernst Jünger on the Marble Cliffs
There are several examples that help us grasping that particular zeitgeist lived in the first half of the 20th century. A book such as Thomas Mann’s The…
Dumpster Diving for Cicero
Five years ago, an institution of learning in my neighborhood began to throw out perfectly fine books. Works from Shakespeare to Tolkien to Wyndham were tossed from…
Disunited Nations
Disunited Nations. Peter Zeihen. New York: Harper Business, 2020. The 19th century philosopher G.W.F Hegel famously said, “The Owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with…