The Unity of Mankind and the Conversation of Civilizations

Reflections on the Basis of Eric Voegelin’s The Ecumenic Age

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The book focuses on Eric Voegelin’s work “The Ecumenic Age”, which contains an original interpretation of universal history (I). In addition to analyses of the ecumenic age, the volume contains a series of further articles on political theory and the philosophy of history (II), as well as some concluding reviews of new publications and classic works (III).
Copyright Year:
2025
Das Buch setzt sich im Schwerpunkt mit Eric Voegelins Werk „The Ecumenic Age“ auseinander, das eine originelle Interpretation der Universalgeschichte beinhaltet (I). Neben Analysen des ökumenischen Zeitalters enthält der Band eine Reihe weiterer Artikel zur politischen Theorie und Geschichtsphilosophie (II) sowie abschließend einige Rezensionen zu Neuerscheinungen und klassischen Werken (III).
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Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Copyright Page
Obituary
Introduction
Part I The Unity of Mankind and the Conversation of Civilizations. Reflections on the Basis of Eric Voegelin’s The Ecumenic Age
Eric Voegelin’s Ecumenic Age and Beyond
“A Mystery in the Process of Revelation”: Reconstructing the Development of Eric Voegelin’s The Ecumenic Age. Part I: Toynbee, Jaspers and a New Configuration of History (1958–1963)
Eric Voegelin’s “Historiogenesis” – The Dawn of a New Philosophy of History
Plato, Anaximander and the Stoic Tradition in Voegelin’s The Ecumenic Age
What is Voegelin’s Universal Humanity?
The Monotheistic Religions and the Universality of Being Human.
Multiple Modernities, Universal History and the Quest for a Civilizational Paradigma
History is Christ Written Large
Part II Voegelin’s Intellectual Environment
Three Secularization Theorists – Voegelin, Gauchet, Taylor – and the Implications for Secular Public Policy
Umbrüche und Wendepunkte . Einblicke in eine überaus verwickelte Textgeschichte. Eine Forschungsnotiz zur Entstehung des vierten Bandes von Eric Voegelins Order and History
A Symbol of Self-Understanding or a System of Self-Assertion?
Überwindung der Unilinearität: Eric Voegelin und die Probleme einer Philosophie der Geschichte
Plato’s Theory of Prophecy. A Part of Political Science not to be Missed
Eric Voegelin as Philosopher of Belonging
Part III Selected Book Reviews
Review of “Wolfgang Leidhold, The History of Experience: A Study in Experiential Turns and Cultural Dynamics from the Paleolithic to the Present Day, New York: Routledge, 2023”
Review of “Muen Liu, Eric Voegelin on China and Universal Humanity: A Study of Voegelin’s Hermeneutic Empirical Paradigm, London & New York: Lexington Books, 2023”
Review of “Sarah M. Stitzlein, Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era: Emphasizing Truth in the Education of Citizens, New York: Oxford University Press, 2024”
Review of “Huston Smith, Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World’s Religions, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992”
Review of „Robert Hugo Ziegler, Kritik des reaktionären Denkens, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2024“
Review of „Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Sachor: Erinnere dich! Jüdische Geschichte und jüdisches Gedächtnis. Mit einem Nachwort von Michael Brenner, Berlin: Wagenbach, 2023“
Review of „Richard Sakwa, The Lost Peace. How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2023“
Review of “Giovanni Giorgini, Introduzione al pensiero politico classico, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2024”
The Project of the Voegeliniana – Occasional Papers: An Impressive Testimony to the International Eric Voegelin Research
Back Matter
Authors of this Yearbook
Axel Bark is a attorney of Law and Political Scientist. He studied Law and Political Science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and is a former student of Eric Voegelin.
Harald Bergbauer, Dr., is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management (FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie und Management) and a research assistant at the University of Bern, Zurich. Previously, he worked for over 20 years at the Munich School of Public Policy at the Technical University of Munich.
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Brill | Fink
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII + 455 Seiten, 5 s/w Abb., 1 s/w Tabelle
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30965/9783846769607

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