John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy

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The John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy 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]

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

Christopher S. Greenwald[4]

Notes

  1. About the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy, John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.
  2. About the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy, John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.
  3. About the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy, John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.
  4. Faculty, John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.