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Diversity Under Freedom: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Transatlantic Community
Jul 25, 2012 | Other
In this Foreign Policy Paper for the German Marshall Fund, Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar William Inboden looks back at the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr, a prominent U.S. public intellectual in the mid-century. Niebuhr’s philosophies on transatlantic relations are, according to Inboden, just as relevant today as they were when he first wrote them.
In this Foreign Policy Paper for the German Marshall Fund, Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar William Inboden looks back at the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr, a prominent U.S. public intellectual in the mid-century. Niebuhr’s philosophies on transatlantic relations are, according to Inboden, just as relevant today as they were when he first wrote them.
Niebuhr believed in an “Atlantic community” with shared values, shared interests, and shared obligations. He devoted much of his life to strengthening the transatlantic relationship. In this paper, Inboden encourages another look at Niebuhr’s life and thought for important lessons in understanding transatlantic relations today.
