R.I.P. Fritz Wagner
I write to share the sad news that Fritz Wagner died on Tuesday, April 6. I know he was very touched by the tributes we published on…
Frederick “Fritz” Wagner: An Appreciation (Harald Bergbauer)
Appreciation and praise for the initiatives and the work of Mr. Wagner should not be limited to American authors and readers. VoegelinView has, without doubt, also an…
Thank You Fritz
VoegelinView is now an institution. With more than a decade of continuous publication behind it, VoegelinView has a track record that would be the envy of many…
Frederick “Fritz” Wagner: An Appreciation (Chip Hughes)
Fritz Wagner was a gracious friend and colleague who invited me from the beginning of VoegelinView to have my essays appear on the site. He was incisive,…
Frederick “Fritz” Wagner: An Appreciation (Paul Caringella)
It is Thanksgiving Day here and now I have a chance to express my affectionate thanks to Fritz Wagner. I am sure he remembers the days more…
Frederick “Fritz” Wagner: An Appreciation (John von Heyking)
The editors of Voegelinview wish to pay tribute to the founding editor of our journal, Mr. Frederick “Fritz” Wagner. Few people have been more instrumental over the…
New evForum!
The evforum is the online Voegelin discussion group that has existed for 20 years. We are moving it from Yahoo to Google. All the valid evforum email…
Boston Marathon Bombers and the Pathology of Terrorism
A great deal will be said and written about the bombs set off this month at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the terrible casualties that…
What is Barack Obama Up To?
Are Things Going to Get Worse? Countless articles have appeared touching on the personality of President Barack Obama without giving a particularly satisfactory account of his actions…
Observations on the 28th Annual Eric Voegelin Society Meeting
The 28th annual meeting of the Eric Voegelin Society was held, for the first time, on the campus of Louisiana State University–an appropriate venue, where Voegelin held…
Progressivist Hubris and Obamacare
The example of Obamacare elsewhere in VoegelinView may be found Scott Segrest's essay, "Richard Rorty and the Core of Progressivism," which deals with the presuppositions and programs…
The Other: Islam and September 11th, 2011
Posterity may know we have not loosely through silence permitted things to pass away as in a dream. – Richard Hooker After the murderous events of…
A Visit with Lissy Voegelin
In October of 1992, I decided to visit my son who was then living in Oakland, California. Oakland is across the bay from San Francisco and I…
Some Memories of Eric Voegelin at Notre Dame
Watching TV You understand it was 1960 and I was a nineteen year old undergraduate. To give you the setting: Our class was held in the auditorium…
We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us!
We have met the enemy and they are ours. —Oliver Hazard Perry, letter to General Harrison after the victory over the British fleet at Lake Erie, 1813.…