Word: hoffmann
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...Stuart Hughes, professor of History, will become acting chairman of the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies next year while Stanley H. Hoffmann, professor of Government, is on sabbatical. Hughes will retain his post as chairman of the Committee on Degrees in History and Literature...
...Hoffmann will spend next year at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, working on a planned book about Vichy France...
Although many of the points in Mr. Hoffmann's letter are true, none of them are relevant to my article...
Fourth, political philosophy, historical studies, and "empirical theory" are all, of course, indispensible parts of the study of government. The important point is that, indeed, "the Gov department may not give enough importance to the behavioral approach." This is the "sin" of which I accused the Gov department; Mr. Hoffmann's conclusion contradicts his own fourth point. Thomas C. Horne
Anyhow, neither in the area of American politics, nor in the study of political development, nor in that of international relations are we guilty of hostillty toward empirical social science. We have our sins, God knows--but not that one. Try again. Professor of Government Stanley Hoffmann...