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Sheldon S. Wolin

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Sheldon S. Wolin

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1922-08-04 （Chicago, Illinois, United States）
死没
2015-10-21 （Salem, Oregon, United States） 93歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Born in Chicago → Raised in Buffalo, New York → Berkeley, California (residence/work) → Santa Cruz, California (residence/work) → Princeton, New Jersey (residence/work) → Salem, Oregon (died)

経歴

職業
political theorist, political scientist, university professor, writer
活動期間
1950年〜2015年
所属
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Cruz, Princeton University, Oberlin College (faculty), University of Oxford (visiting), Cornell University (visiting), University of California, Los Angeles (visiting)
所属団体
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Society for Legal and Political Philosophy (served as president)
影響を受けた人物
Hannah Arendt, John Dewey, Max Weber, Karl Marx (intellectual influence)
影響を与えた人物
Cornel West, Wendy Brown, Corey Robin

学歴

Oberlin College
Politics / Humanities (undergraduate)
国: United States
Interrupted studies for World War II service; returned and completed undergraduate studies
Harvard University
Government / Political Science (PhD)
学位: PhD
卒業年: 1950
国: United States
Dissertation: Conservatism and Constitutionalism: A Study in English Constitutional Ideas, 1760–1785

受賞歴

Rockefeller Foundation Fellow
主催: Rockefeller Foundation
結果: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellow
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受賞
American Political Science Association Lippincott Award
1985
対象作品: Politics and Vision (1960 edition)
主催: American Political Science Association (APSA)
結果: 受賞
David and Elaine Spitz Prize
対象作品: Politics and Vision
主催: Conference on Political Thought
結果: 受賞
David Easton Award
対象作品: Tocqueville Between Two Worlds
主催: unknown
結果: 受賞
Lannan Award for an "Especially Notable" Book
2008
対象作品: Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism
主催: Lannan Foundation
結果: 受賞
Fulbright Fellow
主催: Fulbright Program
結果: 受賞
American Council of Learned Societies Fellow
主催: American Council of Learned Societies
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought

1960年 political theory / political philosophy

A major work that interprets the history of political thought to illuminate contemporary political problems. It emphasizes historical-minded inquiry and analyzes how political vocabulary and concepts change over time.

history of political thoughtauthority and justicecitizenship

Presence of the Past: Essays on the State and the Constitution

1989年 political theory / essays

A collection of essays reflecting on American political traditions and contemporary problems, including critiques of Reaganism and reflections on the Constitution.

constitutionpolitical traditioncritical theory

Tocqueville Between Two Worlds: The Making of a Political and Theoretical Life

2001年 political thought / biographical study

A study re-evaluating Alexis de Tocqueville's thought and life from historical and theoretical perspectives; regarded as one of Wolin's major works.

Tocqueville studiesdemocracy theoryhistory and thought

Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism

2008年 political philosophy / contemporary political critique

Analyzes the decline of democracy in contemporary American politics and introduces the concept of 'inverted totalitarianism', critiquing how bureaucracy and managerialism erode democratic life.

inverted totalitarianismmanagerialismcrisis of democracy

Fugitive Democracy and Other Essays

2016年 essays / political theory

A collection centered on the idea of 'fugitive democracy' as intermittent, momentary civic practice; published posthumously.

fugitive democracycivic participationpolitical practice

全著作

  • Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought
  • The Berkeley Student Revolt: Facts and Interpretations (edited with Seymour Martin Lipset)
  • The Berkeley Rebellion and Beyond: Essays on Politics & Education in the Technological Society
  • Hobbes and the Epic Tradition of Political Theory
  • Presence of the Past: Essays on the State and the Constitution
  • Tocqueville Between Two Worlds: The Making of a Political and Theoretical Life
  • Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism
  • Fugitive Democracy and Other Essays

作風・主題

文体
scholarly yet accessible proselayered argumentation combining historical context and theoretical analysis
頻出モチーフ
civic participation and participatory democracycritique of bureaucracy and managerialismdialogue between past legacies and contemporary politics

評価・遺産

Sheldon Wolin is acclaimed for his critical analyses of modern political theory, especially the crisis of democracy. Through works like Politics and Vision and Democracy Incorporated he connected the history of political thought with contemporary politics and influenced many scholars.

関連学会

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Society for Legal and Political Philosophy

資料所蔵先

  • Papers and related materials held in Princeton University archives and other institutional collections

引用

  • He emphasized that the study of political thought is "primarily a civic and secondarily an academic activity."
    出典: Essay "Political Theory as a Vocation" and other writings (1969年)
  • He introduced the concept of "inverted totalitarianism" to describe contemporary forms of power.
    出典: Essays and Democracy Incorporated (2008年)

豆知識

  • During World War II he served as a B-24 bombardier/navigator and flew 51 combat missions.
  • Married to Emily Purvis Wolin for over sixty years.
  • Founded the influential short-lived journal "democracy" (1980–83).