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" During the 1930s, Hans Speier, Hans Staudinger, Frieda Wunderlich, Max Ascoli, and Max Wertheimer, each reflected on the causes of fascism and each agreed with Lederer that a socialist democracy untempered by libertarian limitations was as likely to lead to a fascist counterrevolution. "
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Eric Hobsbawm was a British Marxist Historian who taught at the New School of Social Research. You can read about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Eric Hobsbawm, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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" A nation of immigrants, to be sure, but not just any immigrants. From the moment they managed their own affairs, well before political independence, Americans were determined to select who might join them, and they have remained so ever since. "
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" Sondra Farganis, chairwoman of the social sciences at the New School for Social Research in New York City supports the importance of popular culture as a course of study . She also believes it belongs in the sociology or history departments. "
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" What kind of man, then, does our society need in order to function smoothly? It needs men who co-operate easily in large groups, who want to consume more and more, and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated. "
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" The Italian nation rose, as did all the others in Europe, about the close of the Middle Ages; but its birth was different. Italy was not the creation of kings and warriors; she was the creature of a poet, Dante. "
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" Indeed this century has become, as Lenin predicted, a century of wars and revolutions, hence a century of that violence which is currently believed to be their common denominator. "
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Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. I started working in The New School Archives as an assistant on the audio collections of the school. Coming from Eastern […]
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Giuseppe Antonio Borgese was born in Polizzi Generosa, Palermo, on November 12, 1882 and died on December 4, 1952. He was initially drawn to the school of philosophical idealism headed by Benedetto Croce. After receiving a master’s degree, in 1903, and the publication of his thesis, he was the first Italian professor to earn a […]
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As an actor, director, political activist, and writer, Judith Malina exemplified the creative dynamism of the New School. Born on June 4, 1926 in Kiel, Germany, Malina spent only the first three years of her life in Europe before her family emigrated to New York City in an attempt to escape rising anti-semitism. The daughter […]