Carl E. Schorske
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Carl Emil Schorske is an American cultural historian and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University
. In 1981 he won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
for his book Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture
(1980), which remains highly significant to modern European intellectual history. He was a recipient of the first year of MacArthur Fellows Program
awards in 1981.
, Schorske received his B.A. from Columbia
in 1936, and a Ph.D. from Harvard. He served in the Office of Strategic Services
, the precursor to the CIA, during World War II, as chief of political intelligence for Western Europe. His first book, German Social Democracy, published by Harvard University Press in 1955, describes the schism of the German Social Democratic Party into a reformist/constitutionalist Right faction and a revolutionary oppositionist Left faction during the years 1905-1917.
Following his war-time service, Schorske taught at Wesleyan University
(in the 1950s), the University of California at Berkeley (in the 1960s), and Princeton University
(in the 1970s until his retirement in the early 1980s), where he was Dayton-Stockton Professor of History. Professor Schorske was named by Time Magazine as one of the nation's ten top academic leaders. In 1987, he held the Charles Homer Haskins Price Lecture.
In 1998 Schorske published Thinking With History: Explorations in the Passage to Modernism (Princeton University Press
), a collection of essays on Viennese and general history. In 2004 he was honoured with the Ludwig Wittgenstein-Preis of the Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft. He is a Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. In 1981 he won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in another category.-1960s:...
for his book Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture
Fin-de-siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture, written by American cultural historian Carl E. Schorske and published by Knopf in 1980, won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction...
(1980), which remains highly significant to modern European intellectual history. He was a recipient of the first year of MacArthur Fellows Program
MacArthur Fellows Program
The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
awards in 1981.
Biography
Born in New York CityNew York City
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, Schorske received his B.A. from Columbia
Columbia College of Columbia University
Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1754 by the Church of England as King's College, receiving a Royal Charter from King George II...
in 1936, and a Ph.D. from Harvard. He served in the Office of Strategic Services
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime intelligence agency, and it was a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency...
, the precursor to the CIA, during World War II, as chief of political intelligence for Western Europe. His first book, German Social Democracy, published by Harvard University Press in 1955, describes the schism of the German Social Democratic Party into a reformist/constitutionalist Right faction and a revolutionary oppositionist Left faction during the years 1905-1917.
Following his war-time service, Schorske taught at Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
(in the 1950s), the University of California at Berkeley (in the 1960s), and Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
(in the 1970s until his retirement in the early 1980s), where he was Dayton-Stockton Professor of History. Professor Schorske was named by Time Magazine as one of the nation's ten top academic leaders. In 1987, he held the Charles Homer Haskins Price Lecture.
In 1998 Schorske published Thinking With History: Explorations in the Passage to Modernism (Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
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), a collection of essays on Viennese and general history. In 2004 he was honoured with the Ludwig Wittgenstein-Preis of the Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft. He is a Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Austrian Academy of Sciences
The Austrian Academy of Sciences is a legal entity under the special protection of the Federal Republic of Austria. According to the statutes of the Academy its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and in every field, particularly in fundamental research...
.