SANDOZ, (George) Ellis (Jr.) 1931-

PERSONAL: Born February 10, 1931, in New Orleans, LA; son of George Ellis (a dentist) and Ruby (Odom) Sandoz; married Therese Alverne Hubley, May 31, 1957; children: George Ellis III, Lisa Claire Alverne, Erica Christine, Jonathan David. Education: Attended University of North Carolina, 1950; Louisiana State University, B.A., 1951, M.A., 1953; graduate study at Georgetown University, 1952-53, and University of Heidelberg, 1956-58; University of Munich, Dr.Oec.Publ. (magna cum laude), 1965. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Baptist.

ADDRESSES: Home—2843 Valcour Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70820. Office—Eric Voegelin Institute for American Renaissance Studies, 240 Stubbs Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5466. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Ruston, LA, instructor, 1959-60, assistant professor, 1960-66, associate professor, 1966-67, professor of political science, 1967-68, director of Center for International Studies, 1966-68; East Texas State University, Commerce, TX, professor of political science and head of department, 1968-78; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, professor of political science, 1978-98, Herman Moyse, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Political Science, 1998—, chairman of department, 1980-81, director of Eric Voegelin Institute for America Renaissance Studies, 1987—. Fulbright scholar in Germany, 1964-65; visiting summer scholar, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, 1970 and 1973. Member of council, Southwest Alliance for Latin America, 1966-68 and 1973. Member of National Council on the Humanities, 1982-1988. Speaker at professional conferences. Consultant, National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship program, 1977-80. Military service: U.S. Marine Corps, 1953-56; became first lieutenant.

MEMBER: American Political Science Association (member of council, 1978-79), American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, Conference for the Study of Political Thought, Southwestern Political Science Association (member of executive council, 1970-71; vice-president, 1972-73; president, 1974-75), Southern Political Science Association (member of executive council, 1982-85), Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma Nu, Tau Kappa Alpha, Pi Sigma Alpha.

AWARDS, HONORS: Germanistic Society of America fellowship, 1964-65; H. B. Earhart fellowship, 1964-65; Fulbright Achievement Award, 1965; National Endowment for the Humanities research grant, 1976-78; Distinguished Research Master Award for faculty research scholarship, and Faculty Medal, Louisiana State University, 1992; University Medal and Certificate for Education Leadership, Palacky University Olomouc (Czech Republic), 1994.

WRITINGS:

The Grand Inquisitor: A Study in Political Apocalypse, [Munich, Germany], 1967, revised edition published as Political Apocalypse: A Study of Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor, Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge, LA), 1971, second edition, ISI Books (Wilmington, DE), 2000.

Conceived in Liberty: American Individual Rights Today, Duxbury (North Scituate, MA), 1978.

(Editor, with Cecil V. Crabb, Jr.) A Tide of Discontent: The 1980 Elections and Their Meaning, Congressional Quarterly (Washington, DC), 1981.

The Voegelinian Revolution: A Biographical Introduction, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA), 1981, second edition, Transaction Publishers (New Brunswick, NJ), 2000.

(Editor and author of introduction) Eric Voegelin's Thought: A Critical Appraisal, Duke University Press (Durham, NC), 1982.

(Editor, with Cecil V. Crabb, Jr.) Election 84: Landslide without a Mandate?, New American Library (New York, NY), 1985.

(Editor and author of introduction) Eric Voegelin, Autobiographical Reflections, Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge, LA), 1989.

(Editor and author of introduction) The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin, multiple volumes, Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge, LA), 1989-2001.

A Government of Laws: Political Theory, Religion, and the American Founding, Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge, LA), 1990.

(Editor) Eric Voegelin's Significance for the Modern Mind, Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge, LA), 1991.

(Editor) Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730-1805, two volumes, Liberty (Indianapolis, IN), 1991, 2nd edition, 1998.

(Editor and author of introduction) The Roots of Liberty: Magna Carta, Ancient Constitution, and the Anglo-American Tradition of Rule of Law, University of Missouri Press (Columbia, MO), 1993.

(Editor) Index to Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730-1805, Liberty Fund (Indianapolis, IN), 1997, 2nd edition, 1998.

The Politics of Truth and Other Untimely Essays: The Crisis of Civic Consciousness, University of Missouri Press (Columbia, MO), 1999.

(Editor) Eric Voegelin, Order and History, Volume 5: In Search of Order, University of Missouri Press (Columbia, MO), 2000.

Contributor to books, including The Post-Behavioral Era: Perspectives on Political Science, edited by George J. Graham, Jr. and George W. Carey, McKay, 1972; The Ethical Dimension of Political Life: Essays in Honor of John H. Hallowell, edited by Francis Canavan, Duke University Press (Raleigh, NC), 1983; and American Values Projected Abroad, University of Virginia, 1984. General editor of "History of Political Ideas" series, University of Missouri Press (Columbia, MO), 1997-99. Author of weekly column "Southerner Abroad" for Shreveport Journal, 1956-58. Contributor of about twenty articles to political affairs journals. Member of board of editors, Political Science Reviewer, 1970—, Modern Age, 1971—, Journal of Politics, 1975—, Interpretation, 1980—, and This World, 1981—.

SIDELIGHTS: Ellis Sandoz has written and edited numerous books on various aspects of political science, but his specialty is collecting, editing, and explaining the work of Eric Voegelin, who has been rated "the twentieth century's greatest political philosopher" by Richard J. Bishirjian in the Review of Politics. According to Bishirjian, Voegelin is a complex thinker who draws readers in, but his work is so full of ideas that it frequently proves to be difficult to sort out. The reviewer warned that "attempts to distill Voegelin's thought are never entirely successful," but added that Sandoz's essay "Voegelin's Philosophy of History and Human Affairs" is "one of the best expositions of Voegelin's philosophy that I have read." This essay, along with nine others by Sandoz, are collected in The Politics of Truth and Other Untimely Essays: The Crisis of Civic Consciousness.

"Sandoz is clearly on the top of his game in this brief collection," noted Bishirjian. "Virtually every essay brings his reader to a full stop, and a desire to learn more." Besides specifically discussing Voegelin, Sandoz also ponders the origins of the United States, the founding fathers' vision of the divine, and how that comes to bear on the United States as it is today. "Sandoz writes that what attracts him—truth and a desire to affirm the common sense notion that all is not relative—is disdained by intellectual culture," reported Bishirjian. "The love of the divine as the source of the order of being defines his existence as a political philosopher, against which a battery of 'isms' are counterpoised to his love: Freudianism, positivism, Marxism, new totalitarian movements such as political correctness, radical feminism, critical legal studies, multiculturalism, and deconstructionism."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

American Political Science Review, September, 1991, review of A Government of Laws: Political Theory, Religion, and the American Founding, p. 1005.

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, January, 1991, review of A Government of Laws, p. 105.

Booklist, November 1, 1989, review of A Government of Laws, p. 507.

Choice, October, 1990, review of A Government of Laws, p. 386.

Christian Science Monitor, July 3, 1990, review of A Government of Laws, p. 15.

Ethics, October, 1991, review of A Government of Laws, p. 189.

Journal of American History, June, 1992, review of A Government of Laws, p. 245; June, 1994, review of The Roots of Liberty: Magna Carta, Ancient Constitution, and the Anglo-American Tradition of Rule of Law, p. 224.

Journal of Church and State, winter, 1993, review of Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730-1805, p. 163.

Journal of Economic Literature, March, 1992, review of Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730-1805, p. 308.

Journal of Politics, May, 1987, review of Election 84: Landslide without a Mandate?, p. 581; February, 1993, review of A Government of Laws, p. 264.

Journal of Religion, April, 1999, Thomas Heilke, review of The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin, p. 291.

Modern Age, summer, 1992, review of A Government of Laws, p. 363.

National Review, October 9, 2000, Mike Potemra, review of Political Apocalypse: A Study of Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor.

Perspectives on Political Science, spring, 1991, review of A Government of Laws, p. 105; fall, 1992, review of Eric Voegelin's Significance for the Modern Mind, p. 232.

Reference & Research Book News, May, 1993, review of The Roots of Liberty, p. 29; May, 1999, review of The Politics of Truth and Other Untimely Essays: The Crisis of Civic Consciousness, p. 123.

Review of Politics, spring, 1991, Richard J. Bishirjian, review of A Government of Laws, p. 423.

Reviews in American History, September, 1991, review of A Government of Laws, p. 338.

Social Science Quarterly, December, 1991, review of Eric Voegelin's Significance for the Modern Mind, p. 865.

University Bookman, February, 1992, review of Eric Voegelin's Significance for the Modern Mind and A Government of Laws, p. 27.

University Press Book News, June, 1990, review of A Government of Laws, p. 22; June, 1991, review of Eric Voegelin's Significance for the Modern Mind, p. 2.

Virginia Quarterly Review, autumn, 1990, review of A Government of Laws, p. 136.

William and Mary Quarterly, April, 1993, review of A Government of Laws, p. 458.*