The Philosopher of Reality
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The Philosopher of Reality

Readings of Eric Voegelin

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The Philosopher of Reality

Readings of Eric Voegelin

About this book

Eric Voegelin is a towering figure in the intellectual landscape of the twentieth century. His work ranges from legal studies to philosophy, from historical studies to theology, from constitutional theory to literary studies, from a philosophical anthropology to a theory of empires. No one else in our time has, by scholarship, covered such a wide range of subjects. 
In this book, Voegelin's motives for this prodigious pursuit are spelled out. There was, first, the eclipse of reality brought about by the ideologies reigning supreme in the modern age and sharply diagnosed by him. Secondly, the atrocities committed by all those who wished to impose their false, "second reality", as he called it, on all humankind. And, thirdly, his quest for truth, to resurrect all the lost knowledge, in its entire range, on the veritable form of human existence. 
While illuminating significant parts of his work, the interpretations brought together here bring to the fore the eminent role of Voegelin as a moral and political guide: throughout his life, he attracted generations of students as an outstanding teacher, and, now, through his writings, he speaks to us and the innumerable generations that will come after us, who face a very uncertain future. His voice strikes at times as a prophetic one. It is a merit of the contributions to this book that they convey, in various ways, this idea. 

CONTRIBUTORS: Barry Cooper, James Greenaway, Andrås Lånczi, Tilo Schabert, James R. Stoner, Jr., Árpåd Szakolczai, Lee Trepanier, John von Heyking, David Walsh

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Information

Publisher
MCC Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9789636441357
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Social Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Impressum
  2. Contents
  3. 1. Reality, Lost and Found: Eric Voegelin as a Guide in and out of Trickster Land (Árpåd Szakolczai)
  4. 2. From Political Religion to Second Reality: Eric Voegelin’s Analyses of National Socialism (Barry Cooper)
  5. 3. Faith and Reason in Post-Metaphysical Thought (Lee Trepanier)
  6. 4. Eric Voegelin versus Leo Strauss on Post-Constitutionalism (James R. Stoner, Jr.)
  7. 5. The Person as the Heart of Voegelin’s Effort to Save Modernity from Itself (David Walsh)
  8. 6. Voegelin’s Recapture of Reality as Personal Encounter (John von Heyking)
  9. 7. The Political Philosophy of Eric Voegelin as a Philosophy of Belonging (James Greenaway)
  10. 8. Autobiographical Reflections on Autobiographical Reflections: Personal Recollections of Eric Voegelin “Engaged in the Effort of Regaining Reality” (Tilo Schabert)
  11. Contributors to the Book