Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss : German émigrés and American political thought after World War II / edited by Peter Graf Kielmansegg, Horst Mewes, Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt

Publication | Library Call Number: JA84.U5 H35 1995

Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
Publications of the German Historical Institute.
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index
Locale: United States
Language: English

Physical Description: x, 208 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction / Peter Graf Kielmansegg
Part I. Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt and the theory of democracy : A critical reconstruction / Helmut Dubiel
The questionable influence of Arendt (and Strauss) / George Kateb
Hannah Arendt : A German-American Jewess views the United States - and looks back to Germany / Ernst Vollrath
Part II. Leo Strauss
Reflections on Leo Strauss and American education / Timothy Fuller
Leo Strauss : The quest for truth in times of perplexity / Jurgen Gebhardt
Leo Strauss and Martin Heidegger : Greek antiquity and the meaning of modernity / Horst Mewes
Leo Strauss : German origin and American impact / Alfons Sollner
The modern world of Leo Strauss / Robert B. Pippin
Part III. Roundtable discussion
The influence of German philosophy
The American experience
Views on democracy.
Other Authors/Editors: Kielmansegg, Peter, Graf.
Mewes, Horst.
Glaser-Schmidt, Elisabeth.
ISBN: 052147082X
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
Subjects: Political science--United States--History.
Arendt, Hannah,--1906-1975--Political and social views.
Strauss, Leo--Political and social views.
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