Paul Hollander

Paul Hollander (born 1932 in Hungary) is an American scholar and author. He is known for his criticisms of Communism and left-wing politics. In 1956, he escaped to the west from his native country. He has a Ph.D in Sociology from Princeton University, 1963 and a B.A. from the London School of Economics, 1959. He is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Center Associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of Political Pilgrims and Anti-Americanism and the editor of Understanding Anti-Americanism: Its Origins and Impact at Home and Abroad. He is a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

References

• His page at the Davis Center

Works

• Paul Hollander, Anti-Americanism: Irrational & Rational, Transaction Publishers (January 1, 1995), trade paperback, ISBN 1-56000-774-5
• Paul Hollander, forward, Alexander Yakovlev, author, Anthony Austin, translator, Century of Violence in Soviet Russia, Yale University Press (September 1, 2002), hardcover, 254 pages, ISBN 0-300-08760-8
• Anne Applebaum, foreword, Paul Hollander, introduction and editor, From the Gulag to the Killing Fields: Personal Accounts of Political Violence And Repression in Communist States, Intercollegiate Studies Institute (April 17, 2006), hardcover, 760 pages, ISBN 1-932236-78-3
• Paul Hollander, The Only Super Power: Reflections on Strength, Weakness, and Anti-Americanism, Lexington Books (November 28, 2008), hardcover, 291 pages, ISBN 978-0739125434

External links

• Booknotes interview with Hollander on Anti-Americanism: Critiques at Home and Abroad, 1965-1990, April 19, 1992.
• Video of lecture at The Heritage Foundation . Washington, D.C. 06.28.06. Mr. Hollander explains that while communism was developed to create a new sense of community, a more accurate description of the political ideology would be "violence with a higher purpose."
• Articles in New Criterion Subscription required.
• "Which God Has Failed" New Criterion" February, 2002