The City of Man, European Émigrés, and the Genesis of Postwar Conservative Thought

This article explores the forgotten manifesto The City of Man: A Declaration on World Democracy, which was composed in 1940 by a group of prominent American and European anti-isolationist intellectuals, including Thomas Mann, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Hermann Broch. Written in response to the victories...

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Authors: Gordon, Adi (Author) ; Greenberg, Udi E. 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2012]
In: Religions
Year: 2012, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 681-698
Further subjects:B Democratization
B Conservatism
B world federalism
B Americanism
B anti-isolationism
B Totalitarianism
B Cold War ideology
B European émigrés
B Judeo-Christian
B Pax Americana
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