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Hans Simons may best be known as a successful president of the New School rather than as a scholar. But his scholarly and administrative work in politics was typical of many of the refugee scholars who formed the University in Exile. Born on July 1, 1893 in Velbert, Rhine Province, Germany, Hans Simons grew up […]
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“Breaking the rules, taking risks comes at a price,” says Sondra Farganis, Director Emeritus of both the Vera List Center for Art and Politics (VLC) and the Wolfson Center for National Affairs at the New School (WC). Dr. Farganis was a draft resistance counselor during the Viet Nam War. In her oral history interview for […]
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Ira Katznelson taught politics at The New School from 1983 until 1994. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Ira Katznelson, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions. Records pertaining to Ira Katznelson can be found in the New School Archives in the New School […]
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Hans Staudinger was a Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Hans Staudinger, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions. For more in the New School Archives about Hans Staudinger, see the Graduate Faculty of […]
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Many at The New School would agree that it is difficult to graduate from the university without hearing the name Hannah Arendt. Working primarily at the intersection of contemporary politics and philosophy, Arendt’s radical ideas and writings inspired–and continue to inspire–both widespread admiration and controversy in academic and popular circles alike. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Arendt and […]
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Erich Fromm was a German-American social psychologist and psychoanalyst, who was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. His work challenged the theories of Sigmund Freud, [1] and brought psychoanalysis to bear on sociological and political questions. Fromm was born in 1900 in Frankfurt to Jewish parents. He studied at the University of Heidelberg […]
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Charles Austin Beard (b. November 27, 1874–September 1, 1948) was an influential American historian, political scientist, and one of the foremost voices in progressive historiography. Beard was also a founding member of the New School for Social Research. Beard’s scholarship centered on foregrounding the role of economic forces in the making of American political institutions, […]
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" In briefly outlining the educational program of Hitler, it is not our intention to take issue with that program as such. "
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" A widely accepted “picture” equation of the voting calculus, originated by Downs’ is R = PB – C... "
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" Unqualified optimism on the present state or future prospect of religion in modern civilization can emanate only from a very superficial analysis of modern life. "