Selected Book Reviews

出版者:University of Missouri Press

作者:Eric Voegelin

页数:240pages

译者:Jodi Cockerill (Translator)

出版时间:January 2002

价格:$39.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780826213655

具体描述

Over the course of his varied and distinguished academic life, Eric Voegelin was often called upon by review editors of scholarly journals as well as by editors in the popular press to examine, summarize, and critically assess the work of other scholars, of statesmen, and of men of affairs. The contents of the books Voegelin reviewed mirror his changing interests over the years, including questions of method, points of legal philosophy and jurisprudence, and issues of race, war, and the aftermath of war. Of course, he was frequently called upon as well to review standard texts and new editions and monographs across the full range of political science.

This collection of Voegelin's reviews amounts to a reflection in miniature of many of the problems Voegelin tackled in his essays, articles, and books from the 1920s until the 1950s, when, owing to the press of other business, he began to decline requests to review the work of others. Some of his reviews are little more than clinical summaries; others are analytic essays. A few are extended engagements with a text or a set of problems. Occasionally, particularly among the later reviews originally written in English, one finds flashes of Voegelin's legendary wit and a restrained impatience with the inadequate approaches or sheer incompetence of others. These book reviews will be of interest to all students and scholars of Eric Voegelin's work.

作者简介

About the Author

Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) was one of the most original and influential philosophers of our time. Born in Cologne, Germany, he studied at the University of Vienna, where he became a professor of political science in the Faculty of Law. In 1938, he and his wife, fleeing Hitler, immigrated to the United States. They became American citizens in 1944. Voegelin spent much of his career at Louisiana State University, the University of Munich, and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. During his lifetime he published many books and more than one hundred articles. The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin will make available in a uniform edition all of Voegelin's major writings.

About the Editors

Jodi Cockerill is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Government and International Studies, University of Notre Dame, and a Junior Research Fellow at the Geschwister-Scholl- Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, University of Munich.

Barry Cooper is Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary in Canada. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Eric Voegelin and the Foundations of Modern Political Science.

目录信息

Acknowledgments xiii
Editor's Introduction 1
REVIEWS
1. Logik und Rechtswissenschaft: Grundriss eines Systems der reinen Rechtslehre, by Felix Kaufmann (1923) 9
2. Das naturliche System der menschlichen Gesellschaft oder die Entstehung der Arten im periodischen System der sozialen Elemente, by Heinrich Konrad (1923) 12
3. The Soul of the State (The Know Thyself), vol. 10, by Phil. al. Phil (1924) 14
4. Prol間om鑞es � une M閏anique Sociale, by Peter Trisca (1924) 14
5. Die Kriterien des Rechts, by Felix Kaufmann (1925) 15
6. Mitt Gott f黵 Trust und Dividende, by Walther B鰄mer (1928) 18
7. Deutschland und Amerika, by Karl H. Panhorst;
Henry Ford,
by S. Marquis;
Schreckensherrschaft in Amerika,
by Augustin Souchy;
Sacco und Vanzetti,
by Eugene Lyons;
Aus dem Arbeitsleben Amerikas,
by Fritz Tanzler;
Systematische Wirtschaft,
by Heinz Ludwig;
Die Wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Verh鋖tnisse
im Kohlenbergbau der Vereinigten Staaten,
by Ernst J黱gst;
Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika:
Volk-Wirtschaft-Politik,
by Andr� Siegfried (1928) 19
8. Amerika: Vorbild und Warnung, by Edgar Ansei Mowrer (1928) 24
9. Introductory Sociology, by Albert Muntsch, S. J., and Henry S. Spalding, SJ. (1929) 25
10. An Introduction to the Study of Sociology, by Frank Hamilton Hankins (1929) 26
1. Research in the Social Sciences: Its Fundamental Methods and Objective, edited by Wilson Gee (1929) 26
12. Die rechsttheoretischen Grundlagen des Sowjetstaates, by Boris S. Mirkin-Getzewitsch (1929) 29
13. Die Staats- und Gesellschaftslehre Alberts des Grossen: Nach den Quellen dargestellt, by Wilhelm Arendt (1929) 30
14. Staat und Gesellschaft in Amerika, by Charlotte L黷kens (1930) 31
15. Theory of Legislation: An Essay on the Dynamics of the Public Mind, by E. Jordan (1930) 37
16. Macht und menschliche Natur: Fachschriften zur Politik und staatsb黵gerlichen Erziehung, by Hellmuth Plessner (1931) 38
17. "Die Verfassungslehre von Carl Schmitt. " Review essay of Verfassungslehre, by Carl Schmitt (1931) 42
18. Die moderne Nation, by Heinz O. Ziegler (1932) 66
19. Daniel Defoe, Essay on Projects (1697): Rechtsgef黨l in Justiz und Politik, 1929, by Ernst Gerhard Jacob (1932) 69
20. Deutsche Gemeinschafts-philosophie der Gegenwart: Eine Untersuchung ihrer Grundkategorien und kritische Darstellung ihrer haupts鋍hliche metaphysiches Gestaltungen, by Hans Steingr鋌er (1933) 70
21. Das Wesen des Staatsgebietes, by Walter Hamel (1933) 72
22. Handbuch der Amerikakunde: Handb點her der Auslandskunde, vol. 6, edited by E. von Hartig and W. Schellberg (1933) 76
23. Rechtfertigung des Staates bei Christian Wolff, by Guenter Namslau (1933) 76
24. Die Entstehung des Staates: Eine Staatstheoretische Untersuchung, by Reinhold Horneffer (1934) 78
25. Verfassungsrecht und soziale Struktur, by Dietrich Schindler (1934) 81
26. Politische und soziologische Staatslehre, by Max Rumpf (1934) 84
27. Nationality and Government, with Other War-Time Essays, The Prospects of Democracy, and Other Essays, both by Alfred E. Zimmern (1934) 85
28. Das Rechtsgef黨l in Justiz und Politik, by A. E. Hoche(1934) 86
29. Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt, by Alfred Sch黷z (1934) 87
30. Verfassungsurkunde und Verfassungszustand der Tschechoslowakischen Republik, by Fritz Sander (1935) 93
31. Der politische Volksbegriff im modernen Italien, by Hermann Raschhofer (1936) 96
32. Die Geschlossene Wirtschaft: Soziologische Grundlegung des Autarkieproblems, by Bernard Laum (1936) 97
33. Die Grundlagen des Nationalsozialismus: Eine ideengeschichtliche Untersuchung, by Alois Hudal (1937) 100
34. Benjamin Franklin, Der Lehrmeister der ameri- kanischen Revolution: Die geistigen Grundlagen des amerikanischen Gemeinwesens, vol. I, by Eduard Baumgarten (1937) 104
35. Carl Schmitts Theorie des "Politischen, " by Hans Krupa (1937) 109
36. Rechtsoziologie: Probleme der Gesellschafts- lehre und der Geschichtslehre des Rechts, by Barna Horvath (1937) 110
37. Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus, by Peter Berger (1937) 115
38. La mis鑢e par la surabondance: Karl Marx, p鑢e de la crise mondiale, by J. Boissonnet (1939) 117
39. The Ruling Class, by Gaetano Mosca, translated by Hannah D. Kahn, edited and revised with an introduction by Arthur Livingston (1939) 117
40. The Structure of the Nazi Economy, by Maxine Y. Sweezy;
The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship, by Ernst Fraenkel, translated by E. A. Shils, in collaboration with Edith Lowenstein and Klaus Knorr (1942) 120
41. The Enigma of Admiral Darlan, by Alec de Montmorency (1943) 123
42. The Decline of Liberalism as an Ideology: With Particular Reference to German Politico-Legal Thought, by John H. Hallowell (1944) 124
43. The Foundation of Phenomenology: Edmund Husserl and the Quest for a Rigorous Science of Philosophy, by Marvin Farber (1944) 126
44. The Growth of German Historicism, by Friedrich Engel-Janosi (1944) 129
45. General Theory of Law and State, by Hans Reisen, translated by Anders Wedberg; The Pure Theory of Law, by William Ebenstein (1945) 131
46. Contemporary Italy: Its Intellectual and Moral Origins, by Count Carlo Sforza, translated by Drake and Denise De Kay (1945) 134
47. Rosenberg's Nazi Myth, by Albert R. Chandler (1946) 137
48. Soviet Politics: At Home and Abroad, by Frederick L. Schuman (1946) 138
49. The Lessons of Germany: A Guide to Her History, by Gerhart Eisler, Albert Norden, and Albert Schreiner (1946) 146
50. Soviet Legal Theory: Its Social Background and Development, by Rudolph Schlesinger (1947) 147
51. The Meeting of East and West: An Inquiry Concerning World Understanding, by F. S. C. Northrop (1947) 149
52. Post-War Governments of Europe, edited by David Fellman (1947) 154
53. The Myth of the State, by Ernst Cassirer (1947) 156
54. Sechs Jahre Minister der Deutschen Republik; Bem黨ung um Oesterreich, Das Scheitern des Zollunionsplans von 1931, both by Julius Curtius (1948) 158
55. Homo Ludens: Versuch einer Bestimmung des Spielements der Kultur, by Jan Huizinga (1948) 160
56. On Tyranny: An Interpretation of Xenophon's Hiero, by Leo Strauss, with a foreword by Alvin Johnson (1949) 168
57. Old China Hands and the Foreign Office, by Nathan A. Pelcovits (1949) 174
58. Western Political Thought: An Historical Introduction from the Origins to Rousseau, by John Bowle (1949) 176
59. Grundlinien der Antiken Rechts-und Staatsphilosophie, Zweite Erweiterte Auflage, by Alfred Verdross-Drossberg (1949) 179
60. The New Science of Giambattista Vico, translated from the third edition (1744) by Thomas G. Bergin and Max A. Fisch (1949) 180
61. Europa und das R鰉ische Recht, by Paul Koschaker (1950) 181
62. Geschichtswissenschaft, by Fritz Wagner (1953) 184
63. Plato's Modern Enemies and the Theory of Natural Law, by John Wild; In Defense of Plato, by Ronald B. Levinson (1954) 185
64 . Politique et philosophie chez Thomas Hobbes, by Raymond Polin (1955) 189
65. Medieval Political Ideas, by Ewart Lewis (1955) 191
Index 195
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