Call for 2020 Christmas Readings
In preparation for our annual List of Christmas Holiday Readings and Books of the Year for 2019, please email your suggestions to John von Heyking at [email protected]…
1000 Ways – #12 John Von Heyking
Please see John von Heyking's conversation with Allan Friesen on “1000 Ways" about pandemics, civility, free speech, friendship, and other things. It is available here.
Introduction the Subfields of Political Science: Big Questions for Contemporary Politics
The general goal of my Introduction to Political Studies class is for students to develop the capacity to think critically and insightfully about political reality. Thus, they…
Introduction the Subfields of Political Science: Comparative Politics
The fourth and final subfield I cover in my Introduction to Political Studies class is Comparative Politics. This subfield is the most problematic and difficult for two…
Introduction the Subfields of Political Science: International Politics
Having considered politics from above from the Socratic perspective, and from within from the perspective of my students own regime, Canada, we now move slightly outward, to…
Introduction the Subfields of Political Science: Canadian Politics
After considering the “big picture” questions about politics, my first-year students turn to the study of Canadian politics (in the U. S., this subfield would get covered…
Introduction the Subfields of Political Science: Political Philosophy
In my previous posts, I explained how I try to introduce the activity of politics to students. Following my “great books” approach to introducing political science, I…
Introducing Political Science: What is Politics?
In my last post, I outlined some of the challenges in teaching an introductory class in political science. In this and the next few posts, I shall…
Introduction Political Science: Ditching the Textbook
Teaching my university’s first-year Introduction to Political Studies (Poli 1000) is a challenge. In fact, it’s the most challenging course for me to teach. The students taking…
Reflections on Eva Brann’s “Paradoxes of Education in a Republic”
Paradoxes of Education in a Republic. Eva T. H. Brann. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1979. A few weeks back I suggested that Eva Brann’s Paradoxes of Education in…
Preface for Chinese Translation of New Science of Politics
The original publication of The New Science of Politics in 1952 was a major event and established Eric Voegelin’s academic reputation in the United States. Time, a…
Our List of Christmas Holiday Readings and Books of the Year for 2019
Voegelinview 2019 Christmas Reading List Brought to you by the friends of and contributors to VoegelinView! Nathan Harter (Christopher Newport University) Ernest Becker’s The Birth and…
Call for 2019 Christmas Readings
In preparation for our annual List of Christmas Holiday Readings and Books of the Year for 2019, please email your suggestions to John von Heyking at [email protected]…
Aquinas’s Mediated Cosmopolitanism and the Impasse of Ancient Political Philosophy
While Saint Thomas Aquinas roots his political thinking in the natural law whose community is cosmopolis, with God as its ruler, he provides the basis for affirming…
Suddenly There! Thirty Years of Killing Time Around Southern Alberta, 1985-2018
Suddenly There! Thirty Years of Killing Time Around Southern Alberta, 1985-2018. Barry Cooper and Ted Morton. Second Edition. Self-Published. Plato, in his own voice, describes the…
