Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
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Psychology and Psychoanalysis
Introduction
Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) and the Renaissance
of Social Psychology
Wolfgang Koehler (1887-1967), Kurt Koffka (1886-1941), and
Max Wertheimer (1880-1943): The Gestalt Triumvirate in
America
Charlotte Buehler (1893—1974) and Karl Buehler (1879—1963):
Casualties of Exile
European Psychoanalysts in America: The Promised Land
Erik Homburger Erikson (1902- ) and Wilhelm Reich
(1897-1957): Creative Innovation and Sectarian Rebellion in
Psychoanalysis
Bruno Bettelheim (1903- ): Psychotherapist and Cultural Critic
Erich Fromm (1900-1980): Neo-Freudian Psychoanalyst and
Social Critic
Karen Horney (1885-1952): Cultural Critic and Theorist
of Feminism
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The Refugees: Loss and Generation of Prestige
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Sociology and Social Thought
Introduction
The Institute for Social Research and "Critical Theory"
in America
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The New School for Social Research: A Collective Portrait
Paul F. Lazarsfeld (1901—1976): From Austro-Marxist to
Founding Father of American Social Research
Alfred Schutz (1899-1959): Fountainhead of Phenomenological Sociology
Karl August Wittfogel (1896- ): Asian Scholar and
Odd Man Out
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Political Science and Political Theory
Introduction
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975): Self-Proclaimed Pariah
Franz Neumann (1900-1954): Marxist on the Way to Liberalism
Leo Strauss (1899-1973): Political Philosopher and Guide to
the Modern Perplexed
Karl W. Deutsch (1912- ): An Academic Success Story
Eric Voegelin (1901- ): Conservative Gadfly of the Political
Science Establishment
Hans Morgenthau (1904—1980): Advocate and Critic of
Power Politics
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Economics and Economic History
Introduction
Ludwig von Mises (1881—1973), Oskar Morgenstern (1902-1977),
Fritz Machlup (1902-1983), and Gottfried von Haberler
(1900- ): The Austrian School of Economics in America
Jacob Marschak (1898-1977): Pioneer of Econometrics
Alexander Gerschenkron (1904-1978) and Albert O. Hirschman
(1915- ): Two Students of Economic Backwardness and
Development
Karl Polanyi (1886-1964) and Paul Baran (1909-1964):
Maverick Economic Historian and Maverick Economist
George Katona (1901-1981), Peter Drucker (1909- ),
and Fritz Redlich (1892-1978): Three Innovating Students of
Economic Behavior
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Writers
Introduction
Exiled Writers in New York and Hollywood
Hermann Broch (1886-1951): The Complete Outsider
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Thomas Mann (1875—1955): Insider Yet Outsider
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977): Reluctant Insider
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The Humanities
Introduction
Roman Jakobson (1896-1982): Elder Statesman of Linguistics
Erwin Panofsky (1892-1968) and the Influence of Refugee
Art Historians in America
Erich Auerbach (1892-1957), Leo Spitzer (1887-1960), and
Rend Wellek (1903— ): Comparative Literature
Werner Jaeger (1888-1961) and the Impact of European
Refugees on American Classical Scholarship
Hajo Holborn (1902-1969), Felix Gilbert (1905- ),
Hans Rosenberg (1904- ), and Paul Oskar Kristeller
(1905- ): Refugee Historians
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Philosophy and Theology
Introduction
Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) and the Vienna Circle in America:
A Success Story
Aron Gurwitsch (1901-1973) and the Early Phenomenological
Movement in America
Paul Tillich (1886-1965): Refugee Theologian h la Mode
Amiricaine
Notes
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