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German Scholars in Exile

New Studies in Intellectual History

Edited by Axel Fair-Schulz and Mario Kessler - Contributions by Devan Barker; Stephen Eric Bronner; Catherine A. Epstein; Anja-Silvia Goeing; John L. Harvey; Georg G. Iggers; Markus Lang and Alfons Söllner

German Scholars in Exiledeals with intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany and found refuge in either the United States or in American Services in Great Britain and post-WWII Germany. The volume focuses on scholars who were outside the commonly known Max Horkheimer-Hannah Arendt circles, who are less well-known but not less important. Their experiences ranged from an outstanding career at an Ivy-League university to a return to the German Democratic Republic and a position as an economic advisor to East Berlin's party leadership. None had actual political power, but many asserted some degree of influence. Their intellecutal legacies can still be seen in today's political culture.
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Lexington Books
Pages: 260 • Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-0-7391-5023-8 • Hardback • May 2011 • $132.00 • (£102.00)
978-0-7391-5048-1 • eBook • May 2011 • $125.00 • (£96.00)
Series: Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture
Subjects: History / Europe / Germany, History / Europe / Great Britain / General, History / Military / World War II
Axel Fair-Schulzis assistant professor of history at The State University of New York at Potsdam and author of Loyal Subversion: East Germany and its bildungsbürgerlich Marxist Intellectuals.
Mario Kessler is associate professor of contemporary history at University of Potsdam and author of Historia magistra vitae? Über Geschichtswissenschaft und politische Bildung.
1 Preface
2 Werner Jaeger and Robert Ulich: Two Émigré Scholars on Educational Theory
3 Karl Loewenstein: From Public Law to Political Science
4 Hans Rothfels and the Paradoxes of Cosmopolitan Conservatism
5 Woman, Refugee, Historian: The Life and Career of Helene Wieruszowski
6 Between Communism and Anti-Communism: Franz Borkenau
7 Franz L. Neumann's Place in the History of Political Thought: A Sketch
8 Jürgen Kuczynski: A German-Jewish Marxist Scholar in Exile
9 Mentor and Comrade: Henry Pachter
10 Between History and Futurology: Ossip K. Flechtheim
11 Refugee Historians from Nazi Germany: Political Attitudes towards Democracy
12 Acknowledgements
13 List of Contributors
German Scholars in Exile: New Studies in Intellectual History is a diverse collection of intellectual biographies of not-soon-to-be-forgotten scholars. The volume is both a grim testament to the intellectual upheavals resulting from fascist oppression and the violence of war as well as a celebration of the tenacity and determination of those exiled by war to develop innovative and lasting contributions to academia. A fascinating and valuable collection of essays.
— Alexandra E. Hui, Mississippi State University


This collection of essays profiles ten exiled German and Austrian intellectuals who, the editors claim, are “less well-known but not less important figures” (ix) than contemporaries such as Hannah Arendt or Max Horkheimer. The book complements and expands upon the analyses in David Kettler and Gerhard Lauer’s edited volume Exile, Science, and Bildung: The Contested Legacies of German Émigré Intellectuals (New York, 2005). The essays vary in length and depth, ranging from brief sketches to lengthier analyses.
— German Studies Review


German Scholars in Exile

New Studies in Intellectual History

Cover Image
Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • German Scholars in Exiledeals with intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany and found refuge in either the United States or in American Services in Great Britain and post-WWII Germany. The volume focuses on scholars who were outside the commonly known Max Horkheimer-Hannah Arendt circles, who are less well-known but not less important. Their experiences ranged from an outstanding career at an Ivy-League university to a return to the German Democratic Republic and a position as an economic advisor to East Berlin's party leadership. None had actual political power, but many asserted some degree of influence. Their intellecutal legacies can still be seen in today's political culture.
Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 260 • Trim: 6½ x 9½
    978-0-7391-5023-8 • Hardback • May 2011 • $132.00 • (£102.00)
    978-0-7391-5048-1 • eBook • May 2011 • $125.00 • (£96.00)
    Series: Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture
    Subjects: History / Europe / Germany, History / Europe / Great Britain / General, History / Military / World War II
Author
Author
  • Axel Fair-Schulzis assistant professor of history at The State University of New York at Potsdam and author of Loyal Subversion: East Germany and its bildungsbürgerlich Marxist Intellectuals.
    Mario Kessler is associate professor of contemporary history at University of Potsdam and author of Historia magistra vitae? Über Geschichtswissenschaft und politische Bildung.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • 1 Preface
    2 Werner Jaeger and Robert Ulich: Two Émigré Scholars on Educational Theory
    3 Karl Loewenstein: From Public Law to Political Science
    4 Hans Rothfels and the Paradoxes of Cosmopolitan Conservatism
    5 Woman, Refugee, Historian: The Life and Career of Helene Wieruszowski
    6 Between Communism and Anti-Communism: Franz Borkenau
    7 Franz L. Neumann's Place in the History of Political Thought: A Sketch
    8 Jürgen Kuczynski: A German-Jewish Marxist Scholar in Exile
    9 Mentor and Comrade: Henry Pachter
    10 Between History and Futurology: Ossip K. Flechtheim
    11 Refugee Historians from Nazi Germany: Political Attitudes towards Democracy
    12 Acknowledgements
    13 List of Contributors
Reviews
Reviews
  • German Scholars in Exile: New Studies in Intellectual History is a diverse collection of intellectual biographies of not-soon-to-be-forgotten scholars. The volume is both a grim testament to the intellectual upheavals resulting from fascist oppression and the violence of war as well as a celebration of the tenacity and determination of those exiled by war to develop innovative and lasting contributions to academia. A fascinating and valuable collection of essays.
    — Alexandra E. Hui, Mississippi State University


    This collection of essays profiles ten exiled German and Austrian intellectuals who, the editors claim, are “less well-known but not less important figures” (ix) than contemporaries such as Hannah Arendt or Max Horkheimer. The book complements and expands upon the analyses in David Kettler and Gerhard Lauer’s edited volume Exile, Science, and Bildung: The Contested Legacies of German Émigré Intellectuals (New York, 2005). The essays vary in length and depth, ranging from brief sketches to lengthier analyses.
    — German Studies Review


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