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Clifford Orwin is a Canadian professor of ancient, modern, contemporary and Jewish political thought. He is also a prominent controversial writer on contemporary politics and culture. ==Academic career== He earned B.A. in Modern History from Cornell University, where he studied political philosophy with Allan Bloom, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from Harvard University under Harvey Mansfield. He is a Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he has taught for more than twenty five years and where he currently serves as Chair of the Munk Centre's program in Political Philosophy and International Affairs. He is often identified as a Straussian〔See (this essay ) from May 2006 on Leo Strauss; Orwin is concerned to argue against identification of Strauss as a neoconservative, and other positions.〕〔Desch MC., ("What Would Strauss Do?" ) ''The American Conservative'', January 17, 2005. Accessed June 3, 2007.〕〔Gottfried P.,("In Response to a Courteous Critic," ) ''LewRockwell.com'', June 17, 2006. Classes Orwin with: Allan Bloom, the Kristol family, Paul Wolfowitz, Harvey Mansfield, Richard Perle, John Podhoretz, Thomas Pangle, David Frum; while stating ''one should not leap to the unwarranted conclusion that all Straussians are neocons''. Accessed June 3, 2007.〕 and is critical of theories that identify Leo Strauss with neoconservatism and the War in Iraq.〔Orwin C., ("The Straussians are Coming!" ) ''The Claremont Institute'', April 25, 2005. Accessed May June 4, 2007.〕 He supports the Democratic Party, but is critical of its left wing.〔Orwin C., ("The Straussians are Coming!" ) ''The Claremont Institute'', April 25, 2005. Accessed July 22, 2007.〕 He has held a Guggenheim Fellowship and an NEH Fellowship. He has been a Fellow at the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership, and in 2003 he received the school's Outstanding Teaching Award. Multilingual, he can speak English and French and read Hebrew, Latin and Ancient Greek. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clifford Orwin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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