Note from Editor for 2022

2021 has come and gone and a new year now calls us forth. First, I want to thank Lee Trepanier for his years of service as editor of VoegelinView. I think we can all agree he helped to build and establish VoegelinView as a quality publication with great connections and respectability and has left it in a great position for continued success for the rest of this young decade.

As we move into 2022 I want to outline some of the new goals and editorial vision of VoegelinView. Over the last several years journalism, public discourse, and the quality of intellectual publications have declined dramatically. While this is a cause for concern it also opens up opportunities. VoegelinView is now well positioned to step into this void to offer robust intellectual commentary and criticism and restore a high degree of civility and contemplation to our culture. As such, one of my priorities as editor for 2022 is expanding and broadening the scope and reach of the journal.

Through the stewardship of our previous editor, Lee, VoegelinView began publishing daily. However, some of the material was republished from publications with whom we have republishing agreements with. My intention is to try to keep a daily or near daily publishing record at VoegelinView but I am hoping to grow our original material and ease away from a reliance on previously published works. This isn’t to say I won’t publish quality pieces from the journals which we have relationships with, but this is to say that as the year goes on I want to prioritize original material over republished ones so that the journal will continue to cultivate its own voice and style. The goal is to increase original material published at the journal while continuing to republish excellent pieces from those places we have existing agreements.

There are also several avenues for growth in our journal. I will be embarking on expanding our book reviews and opening more space for high quality essays, works with intellectual clarity and relevance meant to be read by a large – more public – audience. While ensuring that academic articles and works pertaining to Eric Voegelin, his life and his thought, remain this journal’s top priority, opening up for more public writing will expand the journal’s reach and clout in the public. In an age when such writings are sorely needed, VoegelinView is positioned well to capitalize on this need in our society and the world at large. Submissions covering why the arts, culture, literature, music, etc., remain important and providing robust intellectual analysis of such works of our cultural patrimony will also be given a top priority for publication as will writings that have relevance to current events.

I have also created a formal Twitter account for the journal: https://twitter.com/voegelin_view (@voegelin_view). This account will be for the direct use of the journal and its material on Twitter. While you can also follow me (@paul_jkrause) as I will post materials pertaining to VoegelinView on my account as well, it is necessary to have a Twitter tied directly to the journal like all other prominent publications in the U.S. and the world. Please follow this account for those who utilize Twitter as a means for reading and promoting their own work and work of the journal. We must stick, and work, together as we leave the cave and provide light for all to see.

Lastly, I look forward to working with all of you in 2022 and beyond. I hope you will continue to see VoegelinView as a home for your intellectual interests and writings, and will help to contribute to the journal’s growth in the new year and its new editorial vision which is largely drawn from the work Lee has done and now seeks to expand upon it so we can become a well-known publication considered in the same breath as journals with longstanding histories and reputations. Cheers to a new year!

~ Paul Krause

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