Elliot Neaman studied history and philosophy in Vancouver, Canada, Zürich, and Berlin before completing a doctorate in Modern European Intellectual History under the supervision of internationally known historian Martin Jay at Berkeley in 1993. The works contained in this volume of his selected writings are drawn from publications from 1988 to the present. They provide the reader with access to his multi-decade writings on Ernst Jünger, the German Student Movement of the 1960s, as well as other works on modern European thinkers such as Martin Heidegger and Carl Schmitt. This collection also features previously unpublished writings, including a concise volume of aphorisms and reflections reminiscent of Rochefoucauld and Schopenhauer. Additionally, it includes a foreword by Neamans former student Martin Woessner as well as an insightful interview he conducted with the author.
Elliot Neaman studied in Vancouver, Canada, Zürich, Switzerland, Berlin, Germany, Berkeley, CA. Professor of History, University of San Francisco. Board member of the Journal of Right-Wing Studies. His previous books include A Dubious Past (California U Press, 1999), Free Radicals (Telos Press, 2016). Journals: German Politics and Society, New German Critique, World Economics Journal, German History Review, Journal of Central European History, Journal of Eastern European History, Telos.