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Democracy And Dissent: Strauss, Arendt, And Voegelin In America, Stephen M. Feldman
Democracy And Dissent: Strauss, Arendt, And Voegelin In America, Stephen M. Feldman
Stephen M. Feldman
During the 1930s, American democratic government underwent a paradigmatic transformation from republican to pluralist democracy -- a movement away from relying on white Anglo-Saxon male values of the common good and toward a more open and inclusive form of democracy. Pluralist democracy achieved hegemony during the post-World War II era as the correct theory and practice of government, but it did not go unchallenged. European emigres such as Leo Strauss, Hannah Arendt, and Eric Voegelin, all of whom had escaped from Nazi Germany in the 1930s, raised the most persistent oppositional views. This Article is about those contemporaries who experienced …
Do The Right Thing: Understanding The Interest-Convergence Thesis, Stephen M. Feldman
Do The Right Thing: Understanding The Interest-Convergence Thesis, Stephen M. Feldman
Stephen M. Feldman
Professor Derrick Bell was one of the most influential constitutional scholars of the last fifty years. His insights spurred civil rights scholars as well as thinkers in other fields. One of his most important legacies is the interest-convergence thesis, which asserts that, historically, African Americans gained social justice primarily when their interests converged with the interests of the white majority. In a recently published article, Rethinking the Interest-Convergence Thesis, Professor Justin Driver calls this legacy into question. This Essay defends the interest-convergence thesis from Driver’s attack. It argues that the analytical flaws he identifies only exist by dint of his …