Autobiographical Reflection: Revised Edition with Glossary

213 Pages·2011·1.2 MB·English

by  Eric Voegelin, Ellis Sandoz

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REFLECTIONS
REVISED EDITION WITH GLOSSARY
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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REFLECTIONS
REVISED EDITION WITH GLOSSARY
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Contents
IntroductiontotheRevisedEdition 1
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Introduction 15
1. UniversityofVienna 31
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2. HighSchool 37
3. MaxWeber 39 ———
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7. PoliticalStimuli 52
8. ConcerningMyDissertation 54
9. ConcerningOxfordin1921or1922 55 [-7], (7)
10. AmericanInfluence 56
11. ConcerningtheYearinFrance 62
12. ReturntoVienna 66
13. AnschlussandEmigration 70
14. ConcerningIdeology,PersonalPolitics,and
Publications 73
15. ConcerningEmigrationin1938 82
16. LifeinAmerica:FromHarvardtoLSU 84
17. FromPoliticalIdeastoSymbolsofExperience 89
18. AlfredSchützandtheTheoryofConsciousness 96
19. OrderandDisorder 101
20. TheBackgroundofOrderandHistory 104
21. TeachingCareer 110
22. WhyPhilosophize?ToRecaptureReality! 118
23. PhilosophyofHistory 127
24. Range,Constancy,Eclipse,andEquivalence
ofTruth 133
25. Consciousness,DivinePresence,andthe
MysticPhilosopher 137
26. Revolution,theOpenSociety,andInstitutions 140
27. EschatologyandPhilosophy:ThePracticeof
Dying 145
GlossaryofTermsUsedinEricVoegelin’sWritings
CompiledbyEugeneWebb 149
Index 187
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Introduction to the Revised Edition
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This revised edition of Eric Voegelin’s Autobiographical Reflec-
tions consists of the original text, slightly revised and expanded, [1], (1)
togetherwiththeintroductionfromthe1989editionandsomead-
ditionalannotation,aglossaryoftermsusedinVoegelin’swritings
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thatlists,defines,andillustratesfromtheauthor’swritingsmany
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thatincludesnames,subjects,ideas,andwritings.Together,they
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make the volume an indispensable help for any serious study of
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Eric Voegelin’s oeuvre. A history of the publication of Autobio-
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graphical Reflections appears in the introduction from the 1989
edition, and with each appearance, there have been appropriate
updatestoinformationincluded. [1], (1)
Without attempting comprehensive annotation, I have sought
togiveusefulpointersinthisvolumetosomeoftheplacesinThe
Collected Works of Eric Voegelin where matters discussed con-
versationally here are given more technical and fuller attention
by Voegelin. While the Autobiographical Reflections is a com-
pellingaccountinitsownright,thepointershelpfillindetails—
especially in publications completed after this text, which dates
from1973.Asimilarapproachwastakeninthefinalpreparation
of the glossary, compiled by Eugene Webb from several sources
andsupplementedbytheeditor.Whilemakingnopretenseofbe-
ing a complete vocabulary of Voegelin’s technical terminology—
himselfanaccomplishedpolyglotoperatinginmorethanadozen
languages,Voegelin’svocabularyissometimesregardedasastum-
bling block to comprehension. It is hoped that new readers espe-
cially will find that both of these documents improve intelligi-
bility as they read this important work, a valuable introduction
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