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050 00 $aJA84.U5$bH35 1995
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245 00 $aHannah Arendt and Leo Strauss :$bGerman âemigrâes
and American political thought after World War II /$cedited
by Peter Graf Kielmansegg, Horst Mewes, Elisabeth
Glaser-Schmidt.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bGerman Historical Institute
;$aCambridge [England] :$bCambridge University Press,$c1995.
300 $ax, 208 p. ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aPublications of the German Historical Institute.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-200)
and index.
520 $aHannah Arendt and Leo Strauss: German Emigres and
American Political Thought after World War II is an
examination of intellectual migration from Europe to the
United States and the resulting influence of European
scholars on both the American academy and their home
countries after 1945. This collection presents essays by
German and American political scientists on Hannah Arendt's
and Strauss's emigre experience and their philosophical work
in the United States. The authors discuss Arendt's and
Strauss's intellectual contributions to American political
science as well as the evolution of their respective oeuvres
that grew out of the emigration experience. As demonstrated
here, the flight from totalitarianism, the Jewish experience
of National Socialism and the Holocaust, and the critical
transference of German political philosophy to the United
States furthered a distinctive interpretation of American
political philosophy. This volume, which concludes with a
roundtable discussion, also suggests common themes in the
work of the two philosophers. Though in different ways and
not uncritically, both of these philosophers viewed the
contemporary American system as the antithesis to European
totalitarianism. Finally, their emigre experience not only
influenced their American work but also had a fundamental
impact on the formation of the discipline of political
science in Germany after the war.
600 10 $aArendt, Hannah$xContributions in political
science.
600 10 $aStrauss, Leo$xContributions in political science.
650 0 $aPolitical science$zUnited States$xHistory.
700 1 $aKielmansegg, Peter,$cGraf.
700 1 $aMewes, Horst.
700 1 $aGlaser-Schmidt, Elisabeth.
970 01 $tPreface
970 01 $tList of Contributors
970 01 $tIntroduction$cPeter Graf
Kielmansegg$fKielmansegg, Peter, Graf.$p1
970 11 $l1$tHannah Arendt and the Theory of Democracy: A
Critical Reconstruction$cHelmut Dubiel$fDubiel, Helmut,
1946-$p11
970 11 $l2$tThe Questionable Influence of Arendt (and
Strauss)$cGeorge Kateb$fKateb, George.$p29
970 11 $l3$tHannah Arendt: A German-American Jewess Views
the United States - and Looks Back to Germany$cErnst
Vollrath$fVollrath, Ernst.$p45
970 11 $l4$tReflections on Leo Strauss and American
Education$cTimothy Fuller$fFuller, Timothy, 1940-$p61
970 11 $l5$tLeo Strauss: The Quest for Truth in Times of
Perplexity$cJurgen Gebhardt$fGebhardt, Jèurgen.$p81
970 11 $l6$tLeo Strauss and Martin Heidegger: Greek
Antiquity and the Meaning of Modernity$cHorst Mewes$fMewes,
Horst.$p105
970 11 $l7$tLeo Strauss: German Origin and American
Impact$cAlfons Sollner$fSèollner, Alfons.$p121
970 11 $l8$tThe Modern World of Leo Strauss$cRobert B.
Pippin$fPippin, Robert B., 1948-$p139
970 01 $tDiscussion$p163
970 12 $tThe Influence of German Philosophy$p163
970 12 $tThe American Experience$p171
970 12 $tViews on Democracy$p182
970 01 $tSelect Bibliography of Works by Arendt and by
Strauss on Modern Political Science and
Philosophy$cElisabeth Glaser-Schmidt$fGlaser-Schmidt,
Elisabeth.$p191
970 01 $tIndex$p201
993 01 $ett
997 $boclc
997 $bacas
