Robert B. Westbrook
Encyclopedia
Robert Brett Westbrook is an American historian
, and Professor of History at the University of Rochester
.
summa cum laude, and from Stanford University
with a Ph.D. in History in 1981.
He taught at Scripps College
, and Yale University
. Westbrook's first book, a reformulation and expansion of his thesis, John Dewey and American Democracy is considered the best intellectual biography of the influential pragmatist philosopher. He has been described by philosophers as "our best intellectual historian of pragmatism."http://inscribe.iupress.org/doi/abs/10.2979/TRA.2006.42.2.279?cookieSet=1&journalCode=tra
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, and Professor of History at the University of Rochester
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...
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Life
He graduated from Yale UniversityYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
summa cum laude, and from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
with a Ph.D. in History in 1981.
He taught at Scripps College
Scripps College
Scripps College is a progressive liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California, United States. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges. Scripps ranks 3rd for the nation's best women's college, ahead of Barnard College, Mount Holyoke College, and Bryn Mawr College at 23rd on the list for...
, and Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. Westbrook's first book, a reformulation and expansion of his thesis, John Dewey and American Democracy is considered the best intellectual biography of the influential pragmatist philosopher. He has been described by philosophers as "our best intellectual historian of pragmatism."http://inscribe.iupress.org/doi/abs/10.2979/TRA.2006.42.2.279?cookieSet=1&journalCode=tra
Works
- "An Innocent Abroad? John Dewey and International Politics", Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 7 (1993)
- Why We Fought: Forging American Obligations in World War II, June 2004, HarperCollins, ISBN 9781588341303 (reprint Cornell University Press, 1993, ISBN 9780801481116)