In this collection of essays, which covers the years from 1934 to1939, we see Eric Voegelin in the role of both scholar and public intellectual in Vienna until he was forced to flee the Nazi terror that descended on Austria in 1938. Revealing the broad spectrum of thinking and scientific study of this relatively young scholar, Voegelin's essays range from Austrian politics, Austrian constitutional history, and European racism to questions of the formation and expression of public opinion, theories of administrative law, and the role of political science in public university education....
In this collection of essays, which covers the years from 1934 to1939, we see Eric Voegelin in the role of both scholar and public intellectual in ...
During his distinguished academic career, Eric Voegelin was described as the most important philosopher of history and consciousness since Toynbee; a political theorist of exceptional scope and erudition; a theologian with profound insights into the nature of religious experience. Similarly, Voegelin has been interpreted by his critics using virtually every ideological label available: fascist, communist, liberal, conservative, existentialist, fideist, socialist, reactionary, Jew, Catholic, and Protestant. Regardless of such efforts to characterize his writings using such neat categories,...
During his distinguished academic career, Eric Voegelin was described as the most important philosopher of history and consciousness since Toynbee; a ...
An exploration of Nietzsche's political education as a means of understanding his wider political thought. With details of Nietzsche's own education, the work goes on to examine the course of political education that Nietzsche recommends as an antidote to the crisis in Western European culture.
An exploration of Nietzsche's political education as a means of understanding his wider political thought. With details of Nietzsche's own education, ...