Paul Gottfried | |
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 Gottfried speaking in 2017 | |
| Born | Paul Edward Gottfried November 21, 1941 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yeshiva University (BA) Yale University (MS, PhD) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy American philosophy |
| School | Paleoconservatism |
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| Thesis | Catholic Romanticism in Munich, 1826–1834 (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Herbert Marcuse |
Main interests | Welfare state, pluralism, Romanticism |
Notable ideas | Therapeutic state, movement conservatism, alternative right, white nationalism (denied) |
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Paul Edward Gottfried (born November 21, 1941) is an American paleoconservative political philosopher, historian, and writer.[1][2][3] He is a former Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. He is editor-in-chief of the paleoconservative magazine Chronicles.[4] He is an associated scholar at the Mises Institute, a libertarian think tank,[5] and the US correspondent of Nouvelle École, a Nouvelle Droite journal.[6]
He is often considered the foremost reactionary critic of the Republican Party in general and neoconservatism in particular.[7][8]
Gottfried helped coin the term paleoconservative in 1986 and alternative right (with Richard Spencer) in 2008.[2][1] The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has described him as a "far-right thinker".[9] He founded the H.L. Mencken Club, which the SPLC considers a white nationalist group.[9][10] Although noted for working with far-right and alt-right groups and figures, he has said that he does "not want to be in the same camp with white nationalists" or associated with pro-Nazis, "as somebody whose family barely escaped from the Nazis in the '30s".[2][1] He considers himself a "right-wing pluralist."[11]
- ^ a b c Jacob, Siegel (November 30, 2016). "Paul Gottfried, the Jewish Godfather of the 'Alt-Right'". Tablet Magazine. Nextbook, Inc. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Meet the Jewish 'Paleoconservative' Who Coined The Term 'Alternative Right'". The Forward. August 29, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ Drolet, Jean-Francois; Williams, Michael C (2022). "From critique to reaction: The new right, critical theory and international relations". Journal of International Political Theory. 18 (1): 27. doi:10.1177/17550882211020409. ISSN 1755-0882. S2CID 236406021.
- ^ "Paul Gottfried". Chronicles Magazine.
- ^ "Paul Gottfried". Mises Institute. June 20, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ^ François, Stéphane (2018). "Réflexions sur le paganisme d'extrême droite". Social Compass. 65 (2): 275. doi:10.1177/0037768618768439. ISSN 0037-7686. S2CID 150142148.
- ^ Bartee, Seth. (2019). "Paul Gottfried and Paleoconservatism." In: Key Thinkers of the Radical Right. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190877583.003.0007. "He became the foremost critic of the Republican Party and neoconservatism."
- ^ Gottfried, Paul (1991). Populism vs. Neoconservatism. Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 90:184.
- ^ a b Piggott, Stephen (November 4, 2016). "White Nationalists to Gather in Baltimore for the Ninth Annual H.L. Mencken Club Conference". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ "Prominent Racists Attend Inaugural H.L. Mencken Club Gathering". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ Bartee, Seth. (2019). "Paul Gottfried and Paleoconservatism." In: Key Thinkers of the Radical Right. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190877583.003.0007. "Since 2008 Gottfried has adopted the label of right-wing pluralist and allows most conservative dissidents into his organization..."