DR. JOHN von HEYKING'S HOMEPAGE
Associate
Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Lethbridge
4401 University Drive
Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4
CANADA
Ph: (403) 329-2573
Fx: (403) 382-7148
E-mail: john.vonheyking@uleth.ca
“If
the lights that enlighten us ever came to be extinguished, they would be
obscured little by little and as if by themselves. By dint of being
confined to application, one would lose sight of the principles, and when one
had entirely forgotten the principles one would follow methods derived from
them badly; one would no longer be able to invent new ones, and one would
employ without intelligence and without art the erudite procedures that one
would no longer understand.”
-
Alexis de Tocqueville, commenting on the importance of theory for practice (Democracy in America, Vol. 2, Part 1,
chap. 10)
COURSES
THAT I TEACH
- Spring 2010
- Poli 1000: Introduction to Political Studies
- Poli 4511: Friendship and Politics (special topics) (syllabus, pdf)
- Fall
2009
- Spring
2009
Courses Previously Taught
- Poli 1000A - Introduction to Political Studies (takes you to course website - watch for updates)
- Poli 3512 - History of Political Thought II: Modern Political Thought
- Poli 3521 - Religion and Politics in Canada
- checkout my website containing RELIGION AND POLITICS RESOURCES
- Political Science 2850: Poets, Comedians, and Politicians
- Politicial Science 1000: Introduction to Political Studies
- Political Science 2511: Introduction to Political Theory (TAKES YOU TO COURSE HOME PAGE)
- Poli 3510: History of Political Thought I: Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Political Thought (Spring 2004)
- Political Science 3510: History of Political Thought I: Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Political Thought (Fall 2005)
- Poli 3512: History of Political Thought II: Modern Political Thought (Spring 2004)
- Political Science 3514: History of Political Thought III: Contemporary Political Thought (Fall 2004)
- Political Science 3522: Politics and Religion in the World (Spring 2005)
- Political Science 3531: Politics and Literature (Spring 2005)
- Credit in Poli 3531 and in Poli 2850 ("Poets, Comedians, and Politicians") is permitted
- Political Science 3850-E: Special Topics: Religion and Politics in Canada
- This class is now Poli 3521. Credit in Poli 3850 & Poli 3521 is not allowed.
- checkout my website containing RELIGION AND POLITICS RESOURCES
- American Politics and Government (Spring 2000)
- Political Ideologies (Summer 1998)
- Politics and Liberal Education (Spring 1998)
- Classical Political Philosophy (Spring 1997)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (see curriculum vitae for entire list)
- Augustine and
Politics as Longing in the World, published by the University of Missouri Press
(2001)
- buy it in the United States
- buy it in Canada here and here
- reviewed in the Review of Politics, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Journal of Religion, Theological Studies, Choice, Virginia Quarterly Review, Bryn Mawr Review, Studies in Christian Ethics, Anuario Filosofico, National Post, and other publications
- nominated for the Erasmus Institute Bookprize and for the First Book prize given by the Foundations of Political Theory Section of the APSA
- chosen as a Christmas Book for 2007 by the Claremont Institute
- my dissertation, on which the book is based, was recently nominated for the Leo Strauss Award for the best dissertation in political philosophy in the American Political Science Association
- Volumes 7 & 8 of The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin (University of Missouri Press 2003) (coedited with Thomas W. Heilke)
- purchase volume 7, Published Essays, 1922-1928, in Canada and the U.S.
- volume 8, Published Essays, 1929-1933, is also available in Canada and in the US
- Friendship, Justice, and Political Life:
Perspectives in the History of Political Thought. An
edited volume with essays (with Richard Avramenko of the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
on friendship as a political question, covering political philosophers
including Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Montaigne,
Machiavelli, Calvin, Luther, Hobbes, Locke, Tocqueville, US Founders,
Nietzsche, and Arendt, Jouvenal, and Derrida. To
be published in Spring 2008 by University of Notre Dame
Press. Available here.
- Civil Religion Then and Now: The Philosophical Legacy of Civil Religion and its Enduring Relevance in North America. An edited volume (with Ronald Weed of Tyndale University College) on the phenomenon of civil religion. Includes essays on Plato, Augustine, Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Tocqueville, the American Founders, US First Amendment, Canada in the nineteenth-century, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Published by Catholic University of America Press in 2010.
- Book chapter: "Soulcraft, Citizenship, and Church-craft: The View from Hippo," presented to the conference on "Cultivating Citizens: Soulcraft and Citizenship in Contemporary America," at the Institute for Faith and Learning, Baylor University
- published in Cultivating Citizens (Lexington Books) in 2003
- available in Canada here and in US here
- Book chapter: "From a Wooded Summit: Learning to Love Through Augustinian Meditation at Ascona," in in Pioniere, Poeten, Professoren: Eranos und der Monte Verit_ in der Zivilisationsgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts (W_rzburg: K_nigshausen & Neumann 2004). Available here and here. Italian edition, Eranos Monte Verit_ Ascona, (Pisa: Edizioni ETS), is available here.
- Book chapter: “Prophecy
and Politics in Nicholas of Cusa,” in Propheten und Prophezeiungen –
Prophets and Prophecies (K_nigshausen & Neumann, 2005)
- "Politics," an encyclopedia article in the Encyclopedia of Leadership (Sage 2004)
- "Disarming, Simple, and Sweet: Augustine's Republican Rhetoric," in Talking Democracy: Historical Perspectives on Rhetoric and Democracy, published by Pennsylvania State University Press (2004). Available in Canada here.
- "'A Cow is Just a Cow': George Grant and Eric Voegelin on America," (coauthored with Barry Cooper) in Athens and Jerusalem: George Grant’s Theology, Philosophy, and Politics, Edited by Ian Angus, Ron Dart, and Randy Peg Peters, (University of Toronto Press _ 2006)
- republished online at Voegelinview.com
- “Canada,” "Modernity," and "Democracy," Global Perspectives on the United States: A Nation By Nation Survey and volume 3, Global Perspectives on the United States: Issues and Ideas Shaping International Relations
- “Political Science.” International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
- “Taming Warriors in Classical and Early Medieval Political Theory.” Chapter in War, Ethics, and Nationalism: Medieval and Contemporary Perspectives. Eds. Henrik Syse and Greg Reichberg. Available here and here.
- "Friendship and its Language" in the Cresset
- “Politics Between the Earthly City and the City of God in Christianity,” video of lecture delivered at Cooperation of Church and State conference
- "Mysticism in Contemporary Islamic Political Thought: Orhan Pamuk and Abdolkarim Soroush," in Humanitas (pdf)
- "Against the Edwardians: Why Religion Has a Place in Public Debate," C2C: Canada's Journal of Ideas
- "'Sunaisthetic' Friendship and the Foundations of Political Anthropology," International Political Anthropology (pdf)
- "Post 9/11 Evocations of Empire in Light of Eric Voegelin's Political Science," in Enduring Empire: Ancient Lessons for Global Politics, eds., David Edward Tabachnick and Toivo Koivukoski, (University of Toronto Press, 2009)
- I am also Associate Editor (for Political Theory) for Politics and Religion, a journal published by Cambridge University Press.
- Selected Conference Papers
- "Polis and Empire, Gaming and Virtuous Imperialism: Classical Predecessors and Challenges to Medieval Just War Doctrines" (paper delivered to the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in September, 2000)
- to be published in a forthcoming volume of essays on just war Catholic University of America Press
- "The Eternal Arc or the End of History?: Mixed Constitutionalism and Religious Pluralism in Nicholas of Cusa" (paper delivered to the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in September, 2001)
- picture
- to be published in a forthcoming volume of the Eranos Jahrbuch
- “Schooling Virtue through Friendship in Liberal Democracies.” Formation and Renewal Conference. Center for Ethics and Culture. University of Notre Dame
- "Friendship Symposium" at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
- "The Luminous Path of Friendship: Augustine's Account of Friendship and Political Order", delivered to A Legacy of Provocation: Augustine Reconsidered at Princeton University
- “Multiculturalism and Problems of Canadian Unity”, delivered to the Annual Meeting of the Bavarian-America Academy (May 2006)
- “Politics Between the Earthly City and the City of God in Christianity.” Delivered to Cooperation of Church and State Conference. Calgary, Alberta
- a cassette recording of my lecture, “From Here to Eternity or From Eternity to Here?: Religion, Politics and Law in Canada,” is available for purchase from the website of the Centre for Cultural Renewal. The tape also includes Rabbi David Novak's lecture, "A Religious Justification of the Secular."
- panel on friendship at Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting in March 2003
- conference on Canadian Elections and Institutions, October 17, 2003, at the University of Lethbridge
- Selected Book Reviews:
- In Defence of Legal Positivism: Law Without the Trimmings by Matthew Kramer
- Heroism and the Christian Life: Reclaiming Excellence by Brian S. Hook and R.R. Reno
- Religion and the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Contribution to Original Intent, by Derek H. Davis
- Law and Religion: A Critical Anthology, edited by Stephen Feldman
- Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State, by Daniel Dreisbach
o The Journey Toward God in Augustine's Confessions: Books I-VI, by Carl Vaught
- “Secularization: Not Yet Dead, But Never What it Seemed.” Review of Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart, Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide and Jonathan Fox and Shmuel Sandler, Bringing Religion into International Relations. International Studies Review
- Nation of Bastards by Douglas Farrow. The Interim
- Shakedown by Ezra Levant. Voegelinview.com
- Politics and the Order of Love by Eric Gregory. Notre Dame Philosophical Review.
- Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada
by Richard Moon (editor). Law
and Politics Reviews.
- It’s the Regime, Stupid! By Barry Cooper
- Selected Forays into Journalism:
- God and the Canadian Constitution
- Pierre Trudeau's Vision and Canada's Ghosts
- The Zen of Stampede
- "Agony of angels awakens society," op-ed on September 11th terrorist attacks, published in the Calgary Herald
- "Virtue by the Seat of Our Pants," op-ed on 1-year anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks published in the Calgary Herald
- "Non-Quebec PM Changes Game," op-ed in Calgary Herald, May 6, 2005 (published version was a little shorter)
- "They and We are All the Same," op-ed in Calgary Herald, May 16, 2005 (on trust and responsible government)
- "Taxing Churches an Act of Statism," op-ed in Calgary Herald, June 21, 2005
- "The Riots of Ramadan," editorial for the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, November 2005
- "Iran's President and the Politics of the Twelfth Imam," editorial for Ashbrook, November 2005
- "Do Canadians Trust Themselves?: The 2006 Federal Election," editorial for Ashbrook, December 2005
- "The United States in the 2006 Canadian Election," editorial for Ashbrook, December 2005
- "Between Westminster and Washington: Canada's 2006 Election and Its Regime," editorial for Ashbrook, January 2006
- "Hockey Moms Win For Now: Canada's Minority Conservative Government," editorial for Ashbrook, January 2006
- “’A Long Time Coming’: Parliament’s Prorogation Crisis.” C2C: Canada’s Journal of Ideas. February 2010.
- letters to the editor:
RELIGION AND POLITICS RESOURCES (click here for a comprehensive resource page)
PROGRAM & CAREER INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
- Why are you in university? What do you expect to get out of it?
- Read A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning by Fr. James Schall
- Also read The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers
- A liberal arts degree provides better career and earning opportunities than do applied degrees. Read an article on a recent Stats Canada study on liberal arts degrees.
- Wondering about what to do with your Political Science degree? Read Careers for Political Scientists by Professor Leslie Pal of Carleton University to see how "marketable" your degree is.
- Hi-tech CEOs Say Value of Liberal Arts is Increasing
- other statements on the value of a liberal arts education
- related study, "What Determines Labor Market Success for Recent Culture Graduates?", by Statistics Canada on job prospects for "culture graduates"
Fellowships, Internships, and Student Programs, Especially for Political
Philosophy Undergraduate Students
- Publius Program at the Claremont Institute
- Lethbridge Undergraduate Research Journal
- Fulbright Student Award
- Centre for Cultural Renewal (internships)
- National Citizens Coalition scholarship fund and essay competition
- Acton Institute (U.S.) (internships and student programs)
- Center for Public Justice Civitas Student Program (internships, summer seminars, fellowships)
- Fraser Institute (internships and student programs)
- Liberal Education 1001 tutorial assistant (U. of Lethbridge)
- Vita, Dulcedo et Spes (a journal dedicated to publishing scholarly essays by undergraduates in various fields of Humanities, including political philosophy)
- Parkland Institute (student essay)
- Canada West Foundation (internships)
- Institute for Humane Studies (internships, contests, and summer programs)
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute (internships, contests, and seminars)
- Sheldon Chumir Foundation (internships)
- TWU's
Laurentian Centre (spend a semester interning in Ottawa)
- As Prime Minister essay contest
- Parliamentary Internship Program
- Ontario Legislature Internship Program
- Brookings Institution (U.S.) (internships)
- Municipal Internships (sponsored by Alberta Government)
- American Enterprise Institute (internships)
- Cato Institute (internships)
- Heritage Foundation (internships)
- Pacific Research Institute (internships)
- Be sure to consult this large list of <>list of internships and volunteer opportunities (includes United Nations, NGOs, Canadian government, etc.)
- also consult the listings in Career Information for Political Science Majors
- learn French in Quebec (bursaries available)
- Council of the Federation (internship)
Undergraduate Journals
Students can revise and submit their termpapers and undergraduate theses to these journals. They're a wonderful way to add to your resume, especially if you plan to continue with graduate school or even law school. Links point you to undergraduate journals in political science and philosophy, including political philosophy. Note: Some journals published at universities are open only to students enrolled at those universities. Always heck the journal's editorial guidelines before submitting your work.
- Innovations: A Journal of Politics (U. of Calgary)
- Expressions, published by the Canadian Political Science Student Association
- Big listing includes journals and contests (hosted at Earlham College)
- Another big listing (hosted at Mercyhurst College)
- Aporia (at BYU): includes list of journals
- Prolegomena (UBC)
- Epistemelinks.com (big list)
- The American Journal of Politics and Government
- Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics
- Another big list of undergrad journals (Fordham University)
- Vita, Dulcedo et Spes (University of Notre Dame)
- also check think tanks (listed above)
GENERAL RESOURCES
- University of Lethbridge's Writing Services (and here) can help you develop your writing skills
- for more information, contact Rae Hazelwood, who is the librarian in charge of the Political Science collection
Other
- Professor Lewis's Advice on Writing Termpapers
- Style Guides for Writing Termpapers
POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY RESOURCES
- Professor Orwin explains why political philosophy cannot be taught using information technology, including the web. Please read this before using the resources listed below
- article explaining role of philosophy in people's everday lives, regardless of formal education and socio-economic background (and here too)
General
- BIG LIST of Political Philosophy Resources
- Nelson Canada's Political Philosophy/Ideologies Page (a good place to start because it includes biographical information on various political philosophers, along with info on various ideologies)
- Professor Lewis's Advice on Reading Books
- A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning by Fr. James Schall (a concise pamphlet on the aims and promise of a liberal education)
- a list of suggested readings for any educated person
- APSA Foundations of Political Theory
- APSA Politics and Literature
- Association for Political Theory
- International Conference for the Study of Political Thought
- University of Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture
- Great Books and Film
Specific Political Philosophers
and Sources
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Eric Voegelin Institute
- Eric Voegelin Archiv (Munich)
- Fritz Wagner's Voegelin Page
- index to Voegelin's Collected Works
- Bill McLain's Voegelin Page
- O'Donnell's Augustine Page at Penn
- recent books by and about Augustine
- Aquinas Online
- Michael Oakeshott Association
- Hannah Arendt archive at Library of Congress
- Giambattista Vico Homepage
- Classics on the Internet
- Great Books Index
- Eranos
- Cicero
- Philosophy Texts
- Hobbes's Leviathan (searchable)
- Augustine's City of God (searchable)
- The American Cusanus Society
- Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America
- George Orwell's Political Writings
- Project Gutenberg
- Bibliomania
- The Founders' Constitution (U. of Chicago Press/Liberty Fund)
- Leo Strauss
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau Association
Other
- Perseus Project
- Father Schall's Another Sort of Learning
- Philosophy Links
- Philosophy and Literature
- Professor Suber's Philosophy Links
- Homer the Astronomer
OTHER
- University of Lethbridge Homepage
- U of L Political Science
- University of Notre Dame
- U. of Notre Dame Department of Government
- University of Calgary
- U. of Calgary Political Science