Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss - German Emigres and American Political Thought After World War II

List of contents

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.

Summary

This book explores the influence that Hannah Arendt's and Leo Strauss' experience of inter-war Germany had on their perception of American democracy. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Graf Kielmansegg, Peter Graf (Universitat Mannheim Kielmansegg, Peter Graf Mewes Kielmansegg
• Assisted by: Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt (Editor), Glaser-Schmidt Elisabeth (Editor), Peter G. Kielmansegg (Editor), Peter Graf Kielmansegg (Editor), Kielmansegg Peter Graf (Editor), Horst Mewes (Editor), Mewes Horst (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.1997
• EAN: 9780521599368
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59936-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Publications of the German His; Publications of the German Historical Institute
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; History of Ideas, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, HISTORY / Social History, Political ideologies and movements