Sheldon Wolin | |
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| Born | August 4, 1922 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 21, 2015 (aged 93) Salem, Oregon, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College, Harvard University |
| Spouse | Emily Purvis |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy |
Main interests | Democracy, political philosophy |
Notable ideas | Inverted totalitarianism |
Sheldon Sanford Wolin (/ˈwoʊlɪn/; August 4, 1922 – October 21, 2015)[1] was an American political theorist and writer on contemporary politics. A political theorist for fifty years, Wolin became Professor of Politics, Emeritus, at Princeton University, where he taught from 1973 to 1987.[2]
During a teaching career which spanned more than forty years, Wolin also taught at the University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Cruz, Oberlin College, Oxford University, Cornell University, and University of California, Los Angeles.[3] He was a notable teacher of undergraduate and particularly graduate students, serving as a mentor to many students who themselves became prominent scholars and teachers of political theory.[4]