Yehoshua Arieli

Yehoshua Arieli
Yehoshua Arieli
Born(1916-07-26)July 26, 1916
Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia
DiedAugust 3, 2002(2002-08-03) (aged 86)
NationalityIsraeli
EducationHebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard University
OccupationHistorian
Known forIndividualism and Nationalism in American Ideology
AwardsIsrael Prize (1993)

Yehoshua Arieli (26 July 1916 – 3 August 2002) was an Israeli historian and Emeritus Professor of American History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] He was born in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czechoslovakia, and was taken to Ereẓ Israel in 1931. Arieli was perhaps best known for writing Individualism and Nationalism in American Ideology.[2][3] Between 1976 and 1991 Arieli served as chairman and member of the board of directors of the Historical Society of Israel. In 1993, Arieli was awarded the Israel Prize for his contributions to history.[1]

Education

Between 1937 and 1940, he studied history at the Hebrew University. He attended Harvard University as a Fulbright scholar and received his PhD in 1955 from the Hebrew University.

Works

As a respected person in the field of American History and American studies, he founded and established the field of American History and studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and also aided in the launch of the field at the universities Tel Aviv and Haifa.[4]

Bibliography

  • Individualism and Nationalism in American Ideology (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1964)[5]
  • Political Thought in the United States, 2 vols. (Cambridge: HUP, 1967–68)[6]
  • Totalitarian Democracy and After: Totalitarianism Movements and Political Religions, 2 vol. (Taylor & Francis, 1984)

References

  1. ^ a b "Yehoshua Arieli (1916–2002)". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  2. ^ Yehoshua Arieli (January 1964). Individualism and Nationalism in American Ideology. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674280090. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  3. ^ Ekirch, Arthur A.; Arieli, Yehoshua (June 1965). "Individualism and Nationalism in American Ideology". The Journal of American History. 52 (1): 107. doi:10.2307/1901131. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 1901131.
  4. ^ "Yehoshua Arieli (1916-2002) | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ^ Arieli, Yehoshua (2013-10-01). Individualism and Nationalism in American Ideology. Harvard University Press. doi:10.4159/harvard.9780674280090. ISBN 978-0-674-28009-0.
  6. ^ Arieli, Yehoshua (1968). Perspectives in American History. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.