What We’re Reading
Machiavelli, The Prince. Teaching Machiavelli’s The Prince is no easy task. For one, it is the lesser work in comparison to The Discourses on Livy which contains…
Emil Turdeanu on Byron’s Oscar of Alva: Mythological Analysis and Literary History
Developed especially through the studies of Mircea Eliade and Ioan Petru Culianu,[1] the method of “mythological analysis” is characterized by the tension between two dominant hermeneutical directions. The…
The Importance of Philippe Bénéton
Philippe Bénéton is a French political scientist who should be better known to Anglo-American and English language audiences. Hoping to bring greater attention to his work, I…
The Classical Way of Life: An Interview with Victoria Houseman
Victoria Houseman is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin River-Falls. She is the author of American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton…
The Divinity of the Human Artifice
Since classical times, the meaning of art has been subject to learned discussions surrounding the difference between art and craft, reason and emotions, and art as a…
Poems Are Like…
Poems are like small projects Of the mind and heart When working together —In conflict or in peace— When wedding each other For the purpose of creation…
Dancing and Danger
Two sisters, not more than three or four, Twisted and twirled in tight, bright circles Across the floor of Your World Coffee Near where I sat last…
Obituary: Dr. Peter J. Opitz
It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to the founder and long-standing president of the Eric Voegelin Gesellschaft, Prof. Dr. Peter J. Opitz, who passed…
The Future of the Humanities
Declarations on the decline and fall of the humanities have been commonplace for the past 40 years but never as loud and sorrowful as now. Concern for…
The Political Philosophy of Pierre Manent
Pierre Manent is widely recognized in France as one of the most insightful political philosophers writing today. While he is not as well-known in the United States,…
Rescuing Virgil: Memory, Love, and Eternity in the “Divine Comedy”
A petrified Dante, pale cheeks shining with copious tears, ducks away from the frozen terrors of Hell into the warm shoulder of loving Virgil, who sets a…
Reflections on Stanley Kubrick: March 2025
VOEGELINVIEW is pleased to announce that in March 2025, we will be publishing an assortment of essays and articles dealing with the filmography of Stanley Kubrick, exploring…
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