Ideological Anti-Racism and the Problem of Communication in Democracy: A Voegelinian Reflection
“What are the Rights of Man and the Liberties of the World but Loose-Fish? What all men’s minds and opinions but Loose-Fish? What is the principle of…
Politics as Prelest—An Orthodox Christian Meditation on Our Current State of Political Disorder
The word Ideology is a neologism coined by Antoine Louis Claude Destutt, Comte de Tracy. Tracy was a materialist who argued that ideas are formed by physical…
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…
On Josef Pieper
I. Introduction The original of this Paper was presented at the 2019 Meeting of the Eric Voegelin Society.[1] Its title was “The Political Philosophy of Josef Pieper.”…
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…
Paleolithic Politics: The Human Community in Early Art
Paleolithic Politics: The Human Community in Early Art. Barry Cooper. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2020. Voegelin’s argued that ancient civilizations, like the Babylonians…
Eric Voegelin Society 2021 Mini-Conference Preliminary Program!
Sunday, January 3, 2021 Zoom ID: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/96881593776 Participation requires a password that will be publicized a few days before the meeting via email to [email protected] If you…
Eric Voegelin’s Normative Labor
In healthy reaction to the enemies of the permanent things in politics, a considerable body of serious political and historical scholarship has appeared in recent years. Some…
On Debate and Existence
In our capacity as political scientists, historians, or philosophers we all have had occasion at one time or another to engage in debate with ideologists — whether…
Eschatological Politics: The Chosen People of God and their Holy Wars
Hubris must be put out, more than fire -Heraclitus Introduction This paper addresses an issue of considerable contemporary concern, which furthermore seemed all but unthinkable just…
God Saw all that He had Made, and Behold, It was very Good
The line from Genesis 1:31, “God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good” is quite a challenge to faith. How easy it…
American Foreign Policy and the Failure of Reason
Writing recently in Spectator USA, the estimable Dan McCarthy pointed out that the recent failures of American foreign policy are not simply errors in prudential judgment.[*] There…
