Autobiographical reflections / Eric Voegelin ; edited with an introduction by Ellis Sandoz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Voegelin, Eric, 1901-1985.

Contributor:

Sandoz, Ellis, 1931-2023.

Series:

Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy.

Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers--Germany--Biography.

Philosophers.

Philosophers--United States--Biography.

Voegelin, Eric, 1901-1985.

Voegelin, Eric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed. with glossary.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Autobiographical Reflections is a window into the mind of a man whose reassessment of the nature of history and thought has overturned traditional approaches to, and appraisals of, the Western intellectual tradition. Here we encounter the motivations for Voegelin's work, the stages in the development of his unique philosophy of consciousness, his key intellectual breakthroughs, his theory of history, and his diagnosis of the political ills of the modern age.   Included in this revised volume is a glossary of terms used in Voegelin's writings. The glossary lists, defines, and illustrates from the author's writings many of the key terms employed, paying particular attention to the Greek terms. Together, the glossary and enlarged index systematically include names, subjects, ideas, writings, and terms, making this volume an indispensable help for any serious study of Eric Voegelin's oeuvre.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction to the Revised Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""1. University of Vienna""; ""2. High School""; ""3. Max Weber""; ""4. Comparative Knowledge""; ""5. Stefan George and Karl Kraus""; ""6. The Pure Theory of Law: Neo-Kantian Methodology""; ""7. Political Stimuli""; ""8. Concerning My Dissertation""; ""9. Concerning Oxford in 1921 or 1922""; ""10. American Influence""; ""11. Concerning the Year in France""; ""12. Return to Vienna""; ""13. Anschluss and Emigration""; ""14. Concerning Ideology, Personal Politics, and Publications""; ""15. Concerning Emigration in 1938""

""16. Life in America: From Harvard to LSU""""17. From Political Ideas to Symbols of Experience""; ""18. Alfred Schütz and the Theory of Consciousness""; ""19. Order and Disorder""; ""20. The Background of Order and History""; ""21. Teaching Career""; ""22. Why Philosophize? To Recapture Reality!""; ""23. Philosophy of History""; ""24. Range, Constancy, Eclipse, and Equivalence of Truth""; ""25. Consciousness, Divine Presence, and the Mystic Philosopher""; ""26. Revolution, the Open Society, and Institutions""; ""27. Eschatology and Philosophy: The Practice of Dying""

""Glossary of Terms Used in Eric Voegelin's Writings Compiled by Eugene Webb""""Index""

Notes:

The cumulative index includes vols. 1-18, 27-28, and 31-34 of the Collected works of Eric Voegelin (Voegelin, Eric, 1901-. Works. 1989).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826272553

082627255X

OCLC:

681279322