John Schaar
John Homer Schaar (July 7, 1928 – December 26, 2011), also known as Jack Schaar, was an American
Early life and education
Schaar received his
His closest students included the late Wilson Carey McWilliams, Jeff Lustig, Douglas Lummis, Marge Frantz, J. Peter Euben, Frank Bardacke, Joshua Miller, and S. Paige Baty. He frequently taught at Deep Springs College. His central political values included community, democracy, and political participation. He published articles on patriotism, equality, and authority. He advocated the decentralization of political and economic power.
Personal life
He was married to political theorist Hanna Pitkin, and together they resided in the Santa Cruz mountains.
Publications
- Loyalty in America (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1957).
- Escape from Authority: The Perspectives of Erich Fromm (New York: Basic Books, 1961).
- The Berkeley Rebellion and Beyond: Essays on Politics & Education in the Technological Society, co-authored with Sheldon S. Wolin(New York: New York Review Book, 1970).
- Legitimacy in the Modern State (collected essays) (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Press, 1981). See especially the title essay and "The Case for Patriotism."
External links
- What is Patriotism?, John Schaar et al., at The Nation, July 15, 1991
- Links at The New York Review of Books
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