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===Political Science===

===Political Science===

''The Review of Politics'' was founded in 1939 by Waldemar Gurian, a German Catholic intellectual of Jewish descent.<ref> Thomas Stritch, "After Forty Years: Notre Dame and the Review Of Politics" ''Review Of Politics'' 1978 40: 437-446. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1406757  in JSTOR]</ref> Positivism dominated American intellectual life in the 1920s onward but in marked contrast, Gurian received a German Catholic education and wrote his doctoral dissertation under Max Scheler. ''The Review of Politics'' was modeled by Gurian after German Catholic journals and quickly emerged as part of an international Catholic intellectual revival, offering an alternative vision to the failed 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 Judeo-Christian and scholastic tradition.  Gerhart Niemeyer (1907-97) was a professor of political science; his courses on communist ideology were particularly accessible to his students.<ref> William S. Miller, "Gerhart Niemeyer: His Principles of Conservatism," ''Modern Age'' 2007 49(3): 273-284 </ref>  

''The Review of Politics'' was founded in 1939 by Waldemar Gurian, a German Catholic intellectual of Jewish descent.<ref> Thomas Stritch, "After Forty Years: Notre Dame and the Review Of Politics" ''Review Of Politics'' 1978 40: 437-446. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1406757  in JSTOR]</ref> Positivism dominated American intellectual life in the 1920s onward but in marked contrast, Gurian received a German Catholic education and wrote his doctoral dissertation under Max Scheler. ''The Review of Politics'' was modeled by Gurian after German Catholic journals and quickly emerged as part of an international Catholic intellectual revival, offering an alternative vision to the failed 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 Judeo-Christian and scholastic tradition.   

 

Many Catholic scholars were expelled by the Nazis from Europe who found a home at Notre Dame. They developed a distinctive emphasis on the evils of totalitarianism.  For example the political science courses of Gerhart Niemeyer (1907-97) explained communist ideology and were particularly accessible to his students. He came to ND in 1955, and was a frequent contributor to the ''National Review'' and other conservative magazines.<ref> William S. Miller, "Gerhart Niemeyer: His Principles of Conservatism," ''Modern Age'' 2007 49(3): 273-284 online at [[EBSCO]]</ref>  

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