Kurt P. Tauber

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Kurt P. Tauber (born October 6, 1922 in Vienna ) is a historical political scientist and contemporary historian specializing in post-war history .

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Kurt Philip Tauber emigrated to the United States of America ( USA ) as a child in 1933 . He graduated from Harvard University with a PhD. 1951. He taught since 1953 as a lecturer at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo , New York and since 1960 as a professor at Williams College .

Tauber's two-volume book (" Beyond Eagle and Swastika. German Nationalism Since 1945 ") on right-wing extremism in the Federal Republic of Germany , which has not yet been translated into German, is a material-rich and critical study. When it was published, it was discussed in many leading specialist journals and is still considered to be a trend-setting research achievement.

Fonts (selection)

  • " The Foundation of the Doctrine of Self-Defense: A Critical Analysis " (PhD thesis, 1951)
  • " Beyond Eagle and Swastika: German Nationalism Since 1945 ", 2 vols., Middletown / Conn .: Wesleyan University Press 1967, 1598 pages.
  • Animadversions on Cultural Absolutism , in: Ethics 61/3 (1951), 225-228.
  • Nationalism and Self-Defense , in: Ethics 62/4 (1952), 275-281.

literature

  • " Biographical Handbook of German-speaking Emigrants after 1933 / International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 ", vol. II / 2, 1983, p. 1155.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review by Gordon A. Craig in: Political Science Quarterly; Review by A. Dorpalen, in: The American Historical Review; Review by WT Schlauch, in: Archives for Social History.

Web links

  • Tauber's response to a critical book review in the New York Review of Books 1968
personal data
SURNAME Tauber, Kurt P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tauber, Kurt Philip (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political scientist and contemporary historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna