Eric Voegelin Society Mini-Conference

The Eric Voegelin Society is meeting online January 3. For more details visit the link to the full program: Eric Voegelin Society Mini-Conference, 3 January 2021. You can register at the link provided in the program if you have not done so already.

Conference Schedule is as follows:

Welcome: 12:00-12:05 pm EST (5:00-5:05 pm GMT) – David Walsh, Catholic University of America
Panel 1: 12:05-1:35 pm EST (5:05-6:35 pm GMT)
Chair: James R. Stoner, [email protected]; Louisiana State University

“Bruno Latour and Eric Voegelin: Did Voegelin Know about the Anthropocene?,” Mendo Henriques, The Catholic University of Portugal, [email protected]

“Voegelin’s Vicinity to and Critique of Toynbee’s Philosophy of History,” Harald Bergbauer, University of Applied Sciences Munich, [email protected]

“The Political Philosophy of the European City,” Ferenc Hörcher, University of Public Service, Budapest; Institute of Philosophy, Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, [email protected]

“Mythology and Anti-Mythology in John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” Victor Bruno, Universidade Federal do Piauí, [email protected]

Discussant: James R. Stoner, Louisiana State University, [email protected]

Panel 2: 2:00-3:30 pm EST (7:00-8:30 GMT)
Chair: Steven McGuire, Villanova University, [email protected]

“Michael Polanyi’s Recovery of the Person Through Science,” Thomas Cloud, Louisiana State University, [email protected]

“The Tension of Existence in Christian Morality,” Thomas Holman, The Catholic University of America, [email protected]

“Virtue and the Politics of Pluralism in the Thought of Jacques Maritain,” Steven Waldorf, University of Chicago, [email protected]

“Truth or Methodology: Reflections on Voegelin’s ‘Reason: The Classic Experience’,” Sarah Dunford, The Catholic University of America, [email protected]

Discussants: Steven McGuire, Villanova University, [email protected]; Gustavo Santos, Independent Scholar, [email protected]

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