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

Book Overview

This book explores the influence of Hannah Arendt's and Leo Strauss' background in pre-World War II Germany on their perception of American democracy. The contributors analyze how their migr experience both influenced their American work and also impacted 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521599369
• ISBN13: 9780521599368
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"