Ethnicity Jewish Role Author Name Waldemar Gurian | Denomination Catholicism Religion Christianity | |
Born February 13, 1902 ( 1902-02-13 ) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire Died May 26, 1954, South Haven, Michigan, United States Books Bolshevism: Theory and Practice | ||
Employer University of Notre Dame | ||
Waldemar Gurian (February 13, 1902 – May 26, 1954) was a Russian-born German-American political scientist, author, and professor at the University of Notre Dame. He is regarded particularly as a theorist of totalitarianism as well as political Catholicism.
In 1939 after escaping Nazi Germany and taking a professorship at Notre Dame, Gurian founded The Review of Politics. The quarterly scholarly journal was modeled after German Catholic journals. It quickly emerged as part of an international Catholic intellectual revival, offering an alternative vision to positivist philosophy. For 44 years, the Review was edited by Gurian, Matthew Fitzsimons, Frederick Crosson, and Thomas Stritch. Intellectual leaders included Gurian, Jacques Maritain, Frank O'Malley, Leo Richard Ward, F. A. Hermens, and John U. Nef. It became a major forum for political ideas and modern political concerns, especially from a Catholic and scholastic tradition.