Eric Voegelin Society Meeting 2006
Philadelphia, PA , August 30 – September 3, 2006
102nd APSA Annual Meeting, 22nd EVS Annual International Meeting
Organizer: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University
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Program Summary
Panel 1. Analyzing the Escape from Freedom: Voegelin’s Defense of Liberty Compared with those of Erich Fromm, Eric Hoffer, Peter Viereck, and others–Roundtable
Panel 2: “Voegelin and Contemporary Philosophy”
Panel 3. “American Civil Theology Then and Now: Canada and the United States
Panel 4. “Nietzsche, Voegelin and the Politics of Death and Immortality”
Panel 5. How the World is Not Flat: Sources of Order in Non-Western Cultures
Panel 6. Art as a Cosmion: A Voegelinian Reading of Art
Panel 7. Imperial Politics and Empires Ancient and Modern
Panel 8. The Politics of Resistance: Mysticism and Transcendence in Political Theory
Panel 9. Covenant and Civil Religion
Panel 10. Problems of History, Science, and Method in Voegelin’s Work
PROGRAM DETAIL – 10 panels
Panel 1. Analyzing the Escape from Freedom: Voegelin’s Defense of Liberty Compared with those of Erich Fromm, Eric Hoffer, Peter Viereck, and others–Roundtable
Chair: Timothy Fuller, Colorado College
Participants:
Barry Cooper, University of Calgary
Steve Ealy, Liberty Fund, Inc.
Horst Mewes, University of Colorado-Boulder
Andreas Kinneging, University of Leiden
Panel 2: “Voegelin and Contemporary Philosophy”
Chair: Glenn Hughes, St. Mary’s University
Papers:
“Voegelin’s Place in Modern Philosophy” – David Walsh, Catholic University of America
“Modernity under assault: Some Thoughts on the Importance of Habermas and Voegelin to the Present Age” – Craig Hanks, Texas State University
“Eric Voegelin and Paul Ricoeur on Memory and History” – Peter A. Petrakis, Southeastern Louisiana University
“The Aunreality@ of the modern world: an exchange between E. Voegelin and H. Arendt “ – Horst Mewes, University of Colorado at Boulder
Discussants:
Thomas McPartland, Kentucky State University
Martin Palouš, Charles University–Prague
Glenn Hughes, St. Marys University-San Antonio
Panel 3. “American Civil Theology Then and Now: Canada and the United States
Chair: John von Heyking, University of Lethbridge
Papers:
“Civil Religion and Secularism in Canada” – John von Heyking, University of Lethbridge
“The Personal is (Not?) the Political: George W. Bush’s Vocation and America’s” – Joseph M. Knippenberg, Oglethorpe University
“Lincoln’s Search for Order: Reflections on his Political Theology” – Joseph A. Harder, University of Virginia
“Common Sense Philosophy and American Political Civil Theology” – Scott Segrest, Baylor University
Discussants:
Joseph Fornieri, Rochester Institute of Technology
Thomas Heilke, University of Kansas
Panel 4. “Nietzsche, Voegelin and the Politics of Death and Immortality”
Chair: David Walsh, Catholic University of America
Papers:
“Nietzsche and the Greek Idea of Immortality” – Richard Avramenko, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Speaking Immorality through the Mouth of a Moralist: The Irony of Nietzsche’s Zarathustra” – Paul Corey, McMaster University
“Nietzsche’s and Voegelin Response to Cartesian Subjectivity and the Rationalization of Politics” – Lee Trepanier, Saginaw Valley State University
“The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat: The Nietzschean Vision of Contest” – Brandon Turner, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant:
David Walsh, Catholic University of America
Rouven J. Steeves, United States Air Force Academy
Panel 5. How the World is Not Flat: Sources of Order in Non-Western Cultures
Chair: Timothy Hoye, Texas Woman’s University
Papers:
“Al Farabi’s Concept of Happiness: Eudaimonia, The Good and Jihad Al-Nafs ” – Samah Elhajibrahim
“Philia Politike in Meiji Japan: Natsume Soseki’s Grass Pillow” – Timothy Hoye, Texas Woman’s University
“Where is a poem” – John Robert (Haj) Ross, University of North Texas
“Challenges on the Path: Knowing, Being, and the Pursuit of Wisdom in West Africa” – Paul Stoller, West Chester University
Discussants:
Barry Cooper, University of Calgary
John Goldsmith, University of Chicago
Panel 6. Art as a Cosmion: A Voegelinian Reading of Art
Co-Chairs: Charles Embry & Polly Detels, Texas A&M University at Commerce
Papers:
“Poi La Musica: Intentionality and Luminosity in the Nineteenth-century Miniature” – Polly Detels, Texas A&M-Commerce
“Reading Order and History: Score and Performance” – Mark S. Theodoropoulos, Independent Scholar
“Thomas Mann’s ‘Work on Myth’: The Uses of the Past”– Thomas A. Hollweck, University of Colorado, Boulder
“Pindar’s Third Olympian Ode, under a Voegelinian Lens ” – Max Arnott, Independent Scholar
Discussants:
Paul Caringella, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace
Kenneth Quandt, Independent Scholar
Panel 7. Imperial Politics and Empires Ancient and Modern
Co-Chair: Jürgen Gebhardt & Matthias Riedl, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Papers:
“The Idea of Empire Reconsidered” – Jürgen Gebhardt, Bavarian-American Academy/University Erlangen-Nuremberg
“All and Nothing: Reflections on Experience and Transcendence in the Eurasian Axial Age, c. 800-200 BCE ” – Peter von Sivers, University of Utah
“The Constitution and Prospects of World-Empires”– David Edwards, University of Texas at Austin
“Imperial Politics and the Just War Tradition“ – Henrik Syse, Journal of Peace Research (PRIO)
Discussants:
Matthias Riedl, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Michael Franz, Loyola College of Maryland
Panel 8. The Politics of Resistance: Mysticism and Transcendence in Political Theory
Chair: Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University
Papers:
“It-Reality and its Post-Metaphysical Shadow? A Voegelinian Dialogue to Jean-Luc Marion’s ‘Saturated Phenomenon’” – Marie Baird, Duquesne University
“Transcendent Experiences: Voegelin’s Pneumatic and Noetic Differentiations of Consciousness, and the Phenomenology of Ontological and Religious Interiority”– Macon Boczek, John Carroll University
“Vaclav Havel: Between Modernity and Responsibility” – Delia Alexandru, University of Colorado-Boulder
“Eric Voegelin and the Stefan George Circle” – William Petropulos, Eric Voegelin Archiv-Munich
Discussant:
Barret Dolph, Hua Fan University Taiwan
Michael Henry, St. John’s University
Panel 9. Covenant and Civil Religion
Chair: Glenn Moots, Northwood University
Papers:
“Covenant Theory and Civic Consciousness” – Jason Ross, Georgetown University
“Benevolence, Covenant, and the Ciceronian Spirit in Early Puritan Political Theory” – Shaun de Freitas, University of the Free State (South Africa) & A.W.G. Raath, University of the Free State (South Africa)
“Covenantal Politics in America – Two Radicalisms” – Graham Maddox, The University of New England (Australia) & Tod Moore, The University of New England (Australia)
“Whither Political Covenanting Now?” – Glenn Moots, Northwood University
Discussants:
Stephen A. Marini, Wellesley College
Micah Watson, Princeton University
Panel 10. Problems of History, Science, and Method in Voegelin’s Work
Chair: Michael Franz, Loyola College of Maryland
Papers:
“Voegelin and the Austrian School: A Philosophical Dialogue” – Nicoletta Stradaioli, University of Perugia
“Eric Voegelin and Reflexive Historical Sociology” – Peter McMylor, University of Manchester
“Vico, Eliade and Voegelin: The Meaning and Implications of Homo Symbolicus” – Eugen L. Nagy, Catholic University of America
“The Relationship Between Greek Philosophy and Christianity in Eric Voegelin’s Political Philosophy” – Jeremiah Russell, Louisiana State University
Discussants:
Robert C. Thornett, St. John’s College
Brian Blanchard, Arizona State University