Selected book reviews
"This volume of The Collected Works contains essays published by Eric Voegelin between 1929 and 1933, the period between the publication of his first book, On the Form of the American Mind, and Hitler's rise to power, as well as Voegelin's two books analyzing the explosive race issues...
| Summary: | "This volume of The Collected Works contains essays published by Eric Voegelin between 1929 and 1933, the period between the publication of his first book, On the Form of the American Mind, and Hitler's rise to power, as well as Voegelin's two books analyzing the explosive race issues posed by National Socialism. The essays herein reflect the intellectual and political tumult of the period and their author's maturing grasp of political reality as he moved away from positivism and Kelsen's "Pure Theory of Law" toward a more refined and open philosophical stance. The heart of this shift is signaled by his emphasis on philosophical anthropology and on the decisive importance of the moral substance basic to political communities." "The topics of the essays are grouped around major themes in sociological theory, political science, and the theory of law. They illuminate the theoretical and practical impact of Voegelin's experiences in America as he increasingly engages European theories of state, especially the social theories of leading French and German scholars. In content, these essays include such pragmatic concerns as American theories of property, economic transactions, due process of law, and Austrian constitutional reforms."--Jacket Machine generated contents note:1.Dickinson's Theory of Sovereignty and the Pure Theory of Law --2.Transaction --3.American Theory of Property --4.American Theory of Due Process of Law and Freedom --5.Unity of the Law and the Social Structure of Meaning Called State --6.Max Weber --7.Austrian Constitutional Reform of 1929 --8.Ought in Kant's System --9.Postscript to The Art of Thinking. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. - Translated from the German. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0826213650 |