Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss: German Émigrés and American Political Thought after World War II

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Peter Graf Kielmansegg (Universität Mannheim, Germany) Horst Mewes (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss

German Émigrés and American Political Thought after World War II

Peter Graf Kielmansegg (Universität Mannheim, Germany), Horst Mewes (University of Colorado, Boulder), Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt , Christof Mauch

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Cambridge University Press
07 September 1997

History; History of ideas; Political ideologies

Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute

This volume on Hannah Arendt's and Leo Strauss' impact on American political science after 1933 contains essays presented at an international conference held at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1991. The book explores the influence that Arendt's and Strauss' experiences of inter-war Germany had on their perception of democracy and their judgment of American liberal democracy. Although they represented different political attitudes, both thinkers interpreted the modern American political system as a response to totalitarianism. The contributors analyse how their émigré experience both influenced their American work and also had an impact on the formation of the discipline of political science in postwar Germany. Arendt's and Strauss' experiences thus aptly illustrate the transfer and transformation of political ideas in the World War II era.

Edited by: Peter Graf Kielmansegg (Universität Mannheim Germany), Horst Mewes (University of Colorado, Boulder), Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt
Series edited by: Christof Mauch, David Lazar
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 315g
ISBN: 9780521599368
ISBN 10: 0521599369
Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 07 September 1997
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Peter Graf Kielmansegg; Part I. Hanah Arendt: 1. Hannah Arendt and the theory of democracy: a critical reconstruction Helmut Dubiel; 2. The questionable influence of Arendt (and Strauss) George Kateb; 3. Hannah Arendt: a German-American Jew views the United States and looks back to Germany Ernst Vollrath; Part II. Leo Strauss: 4. Reflections on Leo Strauss and American education Timothy Fuller; 5. Leo Strauss: the quest for truth in times of perplexity Jürgen Gebhardt; 6. Leo Strauss and Martin Heidegger: Greek antiquity and the meaning of modernity Horst Mewes; 7. Leo Strauss: German origin and American impact Alfons Söllner; 8. The Modern World of Leo Strauss Robert P. Pippin; Part III. Roundtable Discussion: Bibliography; Contributors; Index.