Norman Podhoretz

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Norman Podhoretz (born January 16, 1930 in Brownsville , New York City ) is an American intellectual who is widely regarded as one of the leading representatives of neoconservatism in the United States. He is the son of Jewish parents who come from Europe.

Career

Podhoretz grew up in Brownsville, a multicultural neighborhood in Brooklyn that is mostly inhabited by the poorer classes . The family was left-wing ; his sister was a member of a socialist youth movement.

Podhoretz acquired the academic degree of Bachelor on both the Columbia University (where he u. A. At Lionel Trilling studied) as a theological and at the Jewish seminary ( Jewish Theological Seminary ). He later received a BA First Class and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge , England. He then became editor of the influential, initially (until the end of the 1960s ) rather liberal , then increasingly conservative Commentary Magazine (USA), and in 1960 he replaced Elliot Cohen as editor-in-chief ; He headed the magazine , which was initiated and financed by the American Jewish Committee , until his retirement in 1995. Currently ( as of January 2007) he is the editor of the political magazine, which is widely regarded as the central organ of neoconservatism.

In 1963, at the height of the racial unrest in the United States , he published the essay My Negro Problem - And Ours , which received a lot of attention.

From 1981 to 1987, Podhoretz served as a consultant to the United States Information Agency . From 1995 to 2003 he was Senior Fellow (about: senior scientist or senior staff ) at the Hudson Institute , a conservative think tank in Croton-on-Hudson ( New York ). He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations .

In addition to the aforementioned American Jewish Committee , Podhoretz is associated with a number of other organizations:

influence

Norman Podhoretz is considered very influential. In his book The Present Danger , the risk of Finlandisation the United States, he has the foreign policy guidelines Ronald Reagan coined. His son-in-law is former US deputy national security adviser Elliott Abrams , who is seen as a staunch advocate of military action against Iran . Abrams was convicted of withholding evidence from Congress following the Iran-Contra affair in the 1980s . Podhoretz made sure that President George W. Bush would attack Iran before the end of his term in office. Podhoretz had made a meeting with Bush public in late September 2007. "During the 45-minute conversation, which allegedly did not appear in Bush's official roster, Bush listened very carefully to Podhoretz's arguments for an air strike against Iran, without specifying his own preference," said a report from " Welt ". "Podhoretz 'disclosure of the conversation shortly before Ahmadinejad's appearance at New York's Columbia University is seen in some places as an indirect warning to Iran. It is very unusual to speak publicly about appointments with Bush without the consent of the White House ."

Since October 2007, Podhoretz has also been the foreign policy advisor to the former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani , who ran for the Republican Party presidential candidate .

Familiar

Norman Podhoretz is married to the author Midge Decter ( as of 2005). He is the father of syndicated columnist John Podhoretz .

Awards

In 2004, George W. Bush awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom , the highest award given by the President to a civilian in the United States.

See also

Publications

German:

literature

  • Thomas L. Jeffers: Norman Podhoretz: a biography , Cambridge [u. a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-19814-1

Web links

Comments

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tim Shipman: Neocons seek to justify action against Tehran ("Sunday Telegraph", September 30, 2007)
  2. ↑ Torsten Krauel: Strategy: USA want to meet the Revolutionary Guard (Welt Online, October 1, 2007)
  3. ↑ Toby Harnden: We must bomb Iran, says US Republican guru ("Daily Telegraph", October 27, 2007)
  4. ↑ Jörg Lau: Prophet of the next world war ("Die Zeit", October 25, 2007)

Note: This article is essentially a translation of the article of the same name on the English language Wikipedia.

personal data
SURNAME Podhoretz, Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American intellectual
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Brownsville , New York