Eric Voegelin Society 2021 Mini-Conference (January 3-4, 2021)
The Eric Voegelin Society will hold a mini-conference online on January 3—4, 2021, and will run as two half-day events. January 3 also marks Voegelin’s birthday. The…
The Eric Voegelin Society will hold a mini-conference online on January 3—4, 2021, and will run as two half-day events. January 3 also marks Voegelin’s birthday. The…
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].…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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].…
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…
I want to commend Professor John von Heyking for writing a truly refreshing and original analysis of Churchill’s understanding and practice of friendship as the “key to…