Eric Voegelin as Literary Critic
The occupation with works of art, poetry, philosophy, mythical imagination and so forth, makes sense only if it is conducted as an inquiry into the nature of…
The occupation with works of art, poetry, philosophy, mythical imagination and so forth, makes sense only if it is conducted as an inquiry into the nature of…
The Philosopher and the Storyteller: Eric Voegelin and Twentieth Century Literature. Charles Embry. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2008. Charles Embry has edited the correspondence…
What does it mean to appropriate the self? Is the self somehow a "something" that can be "appropriated"? Is this mysterious appropriation something added on to the…
A Dramatic Encounter In the spring of 1976 at the University of Washington, Eric Voegelin presented a series of lectures and discussions on the topic of “Dogmatism…
Aristotle, Voegelin, and the Philosophy of Consciousness Perhaps more than any other philosopher in the twentieth century, Eric Voegelin has offered a philosophy of consciousness that parallels…
. . . . Such phrases as "a shift of the search from the symbols to the experiences," or "the lack of originality as the test of…
The most efficient way to approach Ezra Pound's artistic struggle with the problem of transcendence will be to use Eric Voegelin's philosophy of human existence and history…
[The philosopher's] questioning leads to a conflict with opinion. This is quite another kind of conflict than that between differing opinions; for although the philosopher's questions are…
One of the most interesting theoretical problems, however, which indeed is at the basis of [the German churches' cooperation with the Nazi government]—the intellectual slovenliness and sloppiness,…
In his book on Politics as Religions, Emilio Gentile credits Eric Voegelin with the invention of the concept of “political religions,” a concept that will be systematically…
Political Correctness, Parliament, and Princeton The Eric Voegelin Society annual meeting in Toronto featured no fewer than thirteen panels, some of which this observer found noteworthy. First…
In his personal and scholarly demeanor, Eric Voegelin’s stance was overtly and explicitly that of a philosopher and teacher professing truth and resisting corruption. The mark of…
The Social Function of the World of National Symbols Even before 1860, the infinite variety of civic associations of every sort and with different public and private…
Disturbing Revelation: Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, and the Bible. John J. Ranieri. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2009. In Disturbing Revelation: Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin,…
. . . . [According to Kant] infinite progress is possible only if the existence and personality of rational beings continue on into infinity; the immortality of…