George D. Schwab
George D. Schwab (born November 25, 1931 ) is an American political scientist and university professor .
Life
Schwab was born in Latvia to Arkady and Klara Schwab (nee Jacobson). The Jewish family later emigrated to the United States of America. He attended the City College of New York and graduated with a BA in 1954. He then attended Columbia University , where he received an MA in 1955 and a Ph.D. in 1968. acquired.
From 1968 to 1972 Schwab held an assistant professorship in history and was subsequently an associate professor at New York City College until 1979. In 1980 he was appointed full professor. in 2000 he retired. Together with Hans Morgenthau he founded the National Committee on American Foreign Policy , of which he became the first president. He was also the editor of American Foreign Policy Interests . He is best known for his translations of the works of Carl Schmitt , with whom he was also a personal friend. His work opened up Carl Schmitt's thinking for Anglo-American political science.
In 1965 he married Eleonora Storch, with whom he has three children. His wife died in 1998.
Memberships
- Council on Foreign Relations
- German Studies Association
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC: Committee on Conscience, Academic Committee, Collections and Acquisitions Committee
Awards
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor (1998)
- Three Star Order (2002)
Works
Monographs
- Elie Wiesel: Between Jerusalem and New York , New York and London 1990.
- The Challenge of the Exception: An Introduction to the Political Ideas of Carl Schmitt , 2nd edition, Greenwood Press, Westport CT and London 1989, ISBN 0-313-27229-8 .
Editorships
- Toward a New Foreign Policy , United States Foreign Policy at the Crossroads, Westport, CT 1982
- Eurocommunism: The Ideological and Political Theoretical Foundations , Westport, CT 1981, ISBN 0-313-22908-2 .
- Ideology and Foreign Policy , New York and London 1978, ISBN 0-8290-0393-2 .
Translations
- ( Carl Schmitt ): The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes , University of Chicago Press, Westport, CT and London 1996, ISBN 0-313-30057-7 .
- (Carl Schmitt): Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty , Cambridge, MA and London 1985, ISBN 0-226-73889-2 .
- (Carl Schmitt): The Concept of the Political , New Brunswick, NJ and London 1976, ISBN 0-226-73886-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about George D. Schwab in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- George D. Schwab's curriculum vitae on the National Committee on American Foreign Policy website
Individual evidence
- ^ "Extension of Remarks: Ellis Island Medals of Honor Awards Ceremony" , Congressional Record , June 19, 1998. Cf. pp.E1185-E1186.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schwab, George D. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American political scientist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1931 |