Hanna Pitkin
Hanna Pitkin · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Theorist of political representation; Skytte Prize (2003)
1931, Berlin, Germany — 2023, United States
Germany · United States
Hanna Pitkin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Theorist of political representation; Skytte Prize (2003)
Pitkin was a political theorist whose 1967 book 'The Concept of Representation' remains the foundational modern analysis of what it means to represent, and she won the 2003 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. Born in Berlin, she was the daughter of the psychoanalyst Otto Fenichel; her Jewish family fled Nazi Germany, emigrating to the United States in 1938. She taught for decades at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Theorist of political representation; Skytte Prize (2003)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
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