Louis Hartz
Louis Hartz · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Historian of the liberal tradition in America; Lippincott Award (1977)
1919, Youngstown, Ohio, United States — 1986, Istanbul, Turkey
United States
Louis Hartz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Historian of the liberal tradition in America; Lippincott Award (1977)
Hartz was an American political scientist whose 'The Liberal Tradition in America' (1955) argued that the United States, lacking a feudal past, developed a uniquely consensual liberalism; he received the Lippincott Award for its lasting influence. He was Jewish, born to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents in Youngstown, Ohio.
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Historian of the liberal tradition in America; Lippincott Award (1977)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the APSA Lippincott & Madison Awards and the Skytte Prize
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