The Logos Reader: Rational Radicalism and the Future of Politics

Contributors

Stanley Aronowitz is distinguished professor of sociology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the author or editor of twenty-three books, including How Class Works, Just Around the Corner, The Paradox of the Jobless Recovery, and The Knowledge Factory. He is currently writing a biography of C. Wright Mills. Ulrich Beck is professor of sociology at the University of Munich and the British Journal of Sociology Visiting Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Sciences. He is chief editor of Soziale Welt, as well as editor of Zweite Moderne at Suhrkamp. He is the director of a research center at the University of Munich (in cooperation with four other universities in the area), Reflexive Modernization. Marwan Bishara is a Palestinian writer and editorialist and a lecturer at American University of Paris, and he is the author of Palestine/Israel: Peace or Apartheid. Stephen Eric Bronner is distinguished professor of political science at Rutgers University and a member of the graduate faculties of comparative literature and German studies. The senior editor of Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture, he is also the author of numerous books and articles on modern politics and society, including Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Toward a Politics of Radical Engagement and A Rumor About the Jews: Antisemitism, Conspiracy, and “The Protocols of Zion.” Patricia Cholakian (1933–2003) taught at Hamilton College until her retirement in 1996 and was the author of articles and books on women writers of early Europe, notably, Rape and Writing in the ‘Heptameron’ of Marguerite de Navarre. At her death, she and her husband, Rouben C. Cholakian, were completing a literary biography of Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), Marguerite de Navarre: Mother of the Renaissance. Drucilla Cornell is professor of political science, women’s studies, and comparative literature at Rutgers University. She is currently working on two books: one about the future of freedom, equality, and global development; another about the future of critical theory. CONTRIBUTORS 369 Fred Dallmayr is Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame. Among his recent publications are Alternative Visions, Border Crossings, Achieving Our World, Toward a Global and Plural Democracy, Dialogue among Civilizations, and Peace Talks—Who Will Listen. Lawrence Davidson is professor of Middle East history at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He is author of Islamic Fundamentalism and America’s Palestine: Popular and Official Perceptions from Balfour to Israeli Statehood . He also has written nineteen published articles on U.S. perceptions of and policies toward the Middle East. Irene Gendzier is a professor in the department of political science at Boston University. She is the author of a forthcoming updated edition of Notes from the Minefield: United States Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East, 1945–1958. Ernest Goldberger grew up in Switzerland, where he was active as an entrepreneur . He has lived in Israel for twelve years. His book, Die Seele Israels (The Soul of Israel), was recently published in Switzerland. Jeffrey Goldfarb is chair and Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology at New School University in New York. He is the author of several books, including The Persistence of Freedom: The Sociological Implications of Polish Student Theater and On Cultural Freedom: An Exploration of Public Life in Poland and America. Philip Green is visiting professor of political science at New School University Graduate Faculty and a member of the editorial board of the Nation. He is the author of several books, most recently, Equality and Democracy. Jürgen Habermas is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Frankfurt and the author of numerous books in social philosophy and sociology . His most recent books in English are The Future of Human Nature, Philosophy in a Time of Terror (with Jacques Derrida), and Truth and Justification. Wadood Hamad is a research physicist, writer, and activist currently living in Vancouver, Canada. Dick Howard is distinguished professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His most recent books are The Specter of Democracy and Aux origines de la pensée politique américaine. In addition, Chroniques de la démocratie américaine and The Necessity of Politics: Reading the History of Political Philosophy are forthcoming. 370 THE LOGOS READER Kurt Jacobsen is a research associate in the department of political science at the University of Chicago and the author or co-editor of six...