Hilail Gildin
American academic (1928–2015)
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Hilail Gildin (November 28, 1928 – March 3, 2015) was an American scholar and editor.[1][2][3] He served as professor of philosophy at Queens College, City University of New York.[3] He was also the editor-in-chief of Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy.[1][4]
BornNovember 28, 1928
RegionWestern Philosophy
Hilail Gildin | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 28, 1928 |
| Died | March 3, 2015 (aged 86) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
Main interests | |
He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1962 by the University of Chicago, where he was a student of Leo Strauss, with whom Gildin collaborated closely in the establishment of the journal Interpretation.[1][3]
Bibliography
- The problem of political liberty in Mill and Spinoza (1962)
- Rousseau's Social Contract: The Design of the Argument (1985)
- An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Ten Essays by Leo Strauss (ed., 1989)
- 'Deja Jew All Over Again: Dannhauser on Leo Strauss and Atheism.' Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, 25, no. 1 (Fall 1997): pp. 125–33.
