Leonard Krieger

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Leonard Krieger (born August 28, 1918 in Newark , † October 12, 1990 in Chicago ) was an American modern historian .

Life

Leonard Krieger studied history at Rutgers University and received a masters degree from Yale University . He received his doctorate there and has been teaching since 1946. In 1957 he published his study of the “German problem” : why didn't a liberal society emerge in Germany? In 1962 he was appointed to the University of Chicago , where he taught, with a three-year break at Columbia University , until his retirement in 1988.

In 1966, Krieger was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1981 to the American Philosophical Society .

Fonts (selection)

  • The German Idea of ​​Freedom. History of a political tradition . Boston: Beacon Press, 1957.
  • The Politics of Discretion. Pufendorf and the Acceptance of Natural Law . Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1965.
  • with John Higham, Felix Gilbert : History , Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1965.
  • with Fritz Stern (Ed.): The responsibility of power. Historical essays in honor of Hajo Holborn . Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967.
  • Culture, Cataclysm, and Contingency , in: The Journal of Modern History , Vol. 40, No. December 4, 1968.
  • Kings and Philosophers 1689–1789 . New York: WW Norton, 1970.
  • An Essay on the Theory of Enlightened Despotism . 1975.
  • The Historical Hannah Arendt , in: The Journal of Modern History , Vol. 48, No. December 4, 1976.
  • Ranke: The Meaning of History . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.
  • Time's reasons. Philosophies of history old and new . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.
  • Ideas and Events. Professing History . Ed. ML Brick. Introduction Michael Ermarth. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of Leonard Krieger .
  2. ^ Leonard Krieger, 72, A Leading Expert On Modern Europe , Obituary, in: New York Times , October 13, 1990.
  3. ↑ Member History: Leonard Krieger. American Philosophical Society, accessed December 13, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Warrior, Leonard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American modern historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1990
Place of death Chicago