Irving Louis Horowitz
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| - | '''Paul Oskar Kristeller''' (May 22, 1905 in [[Berlin]] – June 7, 1999 in [[New York City|New York]], [[USA]]) was a scholar of [[Renaissance humanism]]. He is perhaps best known for his essay "[[The Modern System of the Arts]]" (1951). | + | '''Irving Louis Horowitz''' (September 25, 1929 – March 21, 2012) was an American [[sociologist]], author, and college professor who wrote and lectured extensively in his field, and his later years came to fear that it risked being seized by [[left-wing]] ideologues. He proposed a quantitative index for measuring a country's [[quality of life]], and helped to popularize ''[[Third World]]'' as a term for the poorer nations of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. He was considered by many to be a [[neoconservative]], although he maintained that he had no political adherence. |
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| - | He was awarded the [[Haskins Medal]] in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City|New York]], where he mentored both [[Irving Louis Horowitz]] and [[A. James Gregor]]. | + | |
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| - | An especially important achievement is his ''Iter Italicum'' (the title recalls ''Iter Alemannicum'' and other works of [[Martin Gerbert]]), a large work describing numerous uncatalogued manuscripts. After decades of neglect, Kristeller's lengthy, erudite essay of the early 1950s, "[[The Modern System of the Arts]]", in ''[[Journal of the History of Ideas]]'', proved to be an influential, much reprinted classic reading in [[Philosophy of art]]. | + | |
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Irving Louis Horowitz (September 25, 1929 – March 21, 2012) was an American sociologist, author, and college professor who wrote and lectured extensively in his field, and his later years came to fear that it risked being seized by left-wing ideologues. He proposed a quantitative index for measuring a country's quality of life, and helped to popularize Third World as a term for the poorer nations of the Non-Aligned Movement. He was considered by many to be a neoconservative, although he maintained that he had no political adherence.
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