Jacob Payne, Author at VoegelinView

Jacob Payne

Jacob Payne is a graduate student at Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy studying American Politics. He received his B.A. in history from Samford University and enjoys reflecting on culture, politics, and religion.

The State of English Nature: The Origins of Rights and Liberty in Locke and Burke

October 19, 2026
Jacob Payne

Published a year after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government laid out a conceptual defense of individual rights, legislative supremacy, and limited…

Prophet of the Therapeutic: Philip Rieff and the Unmooring of Modernity

April 21, 2026
Jacob Payne

A longtime sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Philip Rieff analyzed the telltale signs of a culture approaching its crisis point. Well-versed in history, literature, and…

Jacob Payne

Jacob Payne

Prophet of the Therapeutic: Philip Rieff and the Unmooring of Modernity

Subscribe to VoegelinView via Email

SECTIONS

EVS

SOCIAL MEDIA

Eric Voegelin

About Us