Eric Voegelin's Political Readings

From the Ancient Greeks to Modern Times
Herausgeber: Torres, Bernat; Monserrat Molas, Josep

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Produktbeschreibung

Eric Voegelin's Political Readings fills a critical void by providing a original approach to studying the work of Eric Voegelin, one of the major political philosophers of the twenty first century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9780367632809
• ISBN-10: 0367632802
• Artikelnr.: 62223952

Autorenporträt

Bernat Torres is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Humanities of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya and secretary of the Societat Catalana de Filosofia (Institut d'Estudis Catalans), Barcelona, Spain. He is interested in Ancient Philosophy and Political Philosophy, as well as the Anthropology of Corporality and Health. Bernet Torres has been a member of the Eric Voegelin Gesellschaft e.V. (EVG) since 2019. Josep Monserrat-Molas is Full Professor and Dean at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University de Barcelona, Spain. He leads the research group EIDOS: Platonism and Modernity and he has been an evaluator of doctoral programs of the Ibero-American University Graduate Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: The open dialogue Introduction: Eric Voegelin's search for order,
between the past and the future 1. Eric Voegelin's reading of Plato:
Discovering the soul as a source of order 2. Eric Voegelin's reading of
Aristotle: Exploring a new kind of philosophy 3. Eric Voegelin's reading of
Saint Augustine: Exploring the Symbolism of history and politics 4.Eric
Voegelin's reading of Hobbes: Restoration or destruction of the eschaton?
5. Eric Voegelin's readings of Max Weber: Struggling with the grip of
scientistic rationalism 6. Eric Voegelin's debate with Hans Kelsen:
Struggling with political modernity