John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy
The John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy is based at the University of Chicago. It was founded in 1984 by Allan Bloom and Nathan Tarcov to provide a "forum for the reconsideration and analysis of the fundamental principles and current practices of American politics and society, along with a thoughtful examination of classic philosophical, theological, and literary texts."[1]
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Funding
The Center is funded by the John M. Olin Foundation.[2]
The Center helped obtain funding from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation for the microfilming of the Leo Strauss archives at the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library.[3]
Faculty
Directors
Nathan Tarcov | Allan Bloom (d. 1992)
Associate Directors
Joseph Cropsey | Francois Furet | Leon Kass | Ralph Lerner | Mark Lilla | Robert B. Pippin
Senior Fellows
Saul Bellow | Jean Bethke Elshtain | Richard Hellie | Amy Kass | Leszek Kolakowski | Edward O. Laumann | John Mearsheimer
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Notes
- ↑ About the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy, John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.
- ↑ About the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy, John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.
- ↑ About the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy, John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.
- ↑ Faculty, John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.