Stanley Elkins

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Stanley Elkins

Stanley Elkins (born April 27, 1925 in Boston , Massachusetts , † September 16, 2013 ) was an American historian who dealt primarily with slavery in the United States and the early history of the American Republic .

academic career

Elkins studied after his military service in World War II at the Harvard - University and received at the Columbia University a PhD in American history. He was an assistant professor at the University of Chicago from 1955 to 1960 , before becoming a full professor there, which he held until his retirement .

slavery

Slavery: A Problem in American Political Institutional and Intellectual Life of 1959 was considered innovative and controversial in slavery research at the time, but is largely rejected by today's science. In his book Elkins criticized the American abolitionists for their inability to pursue a political strategy of the gradual abolition of slavery due to ideological rigorism . He also saw a systematic infantileisation of the affected slaves at work in the institution of slavery , which may continue to have an effect even after their legal termination. On the basis of this assumption, Elkins also gave massive support to the affirmative action programs aimed at overcoming social disparities among African Americans .

His polemical analogy between the system of slavery and the Holocaust aroused much criticism in the professional world.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/gazettenet/obituary.aspx?n=stanley-m-elkins&pid=167001369
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated September 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.smith.edu
  3. ↑ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1982/apr/29/how-to-understand-slavery/
  4. ↑ http://columba11.blogspot.de/2006/03/stanley-elkins-slavery-americas-thesis.html
  5. ↑ Kirsten Lise Fermaglich: American dreams and Nazi nightmares - early Holocaust consciousness an liberal america 1957-1965. Brandeis University Press 2006 p. 24-57
personal data
SURNAME Elkins, Stanley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH 16th September 2013