Larry Siedentop

Larry Siedentop    (academic, philosopher)
Born	24 May 1936 Chicago, Illinois, US
Nationality	UK, US
Alma mater	Hope College, Harvard University, Magdalen College (Oxford)
Religion	Calvinist
US=British political scientist who studied under Isaiah Berlin. Attended the 2001 Bilderberg meeting, the same year he wrote a book on "possible models of European democracy".  Lecturer in Political Thought In office 1968 - 2003 Employer Keble College (Oxford) Attended Bilderberg/2001  Research Fellow In office 1965 - 1968 Employer Nuffield College (Oxford)

Sir Larry Alan Siedentop is an American-born British political philosopher with a special interest in 19th-century French liberalism. He attended the 2001 Bilderberg meeting, where several of the topics dealt with the European Union.

Background

Born in Chicago, Siedentop attended Hope College, a liberal arts college in Michigan affiliated with the Reformed Church in America, and Harvard University, where he received his Master of Arts degree. He then received, as a Marshall Scholar, a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oxford for a thesis on the thought of Joseph de Maistre and Maine de Biran, written at Magdalen College, Oxford, under the supervision of Sir Isaiah Berlin.

Career

From 1965 to 1968, Siedentop was a Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, but he spent most of his academic career as a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, and a University Lecturer. After retiring from Oxford, Siedentop was a visiting fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Wassenaar, Queen Victoria Eugenia Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and a visiting fellow in Philosophy and Public Affairs at the University of St Andrews.

2001 Bilderberg

His 2001 book Democracy in Europe, examining "possible models of European democracy" coincided with his Bilderberg attendance the same year. The blurbs describe the book as "Taking inspiration from the heated discussions that preceded the birth of federal government in the United States, Larry Siedentop investigates what we can reasonably expect and what we have to fear from a united Europe...Siedentop examines whether representative government is feasible across the vast physical scale and human diversity of Europe.".

"Rejecting both nostalgia for the nation state and thoughtless optimism, Larry Siedentop sets out to explore the practical implications of government on a continental scale. He draws on his expertise as an historian of liberal theory to produce an analysis of Europe's various political economies."

To encourage greater public participation, Larry Siedentop argues that the solution lies in institutional reform and the creation of a written constitution that clearly defines the separation of powers between the European Union and national and local governments. Siedentop also argues for the creation of a European 'senate', elected by national governments, which would serve as an upper chamber of a bicameral parliament. It would comprise of national legislators that serve both in their home parliaments and in the EU.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2001	24 May 2001	27 May 2001	Sweden Stenungsund	The 49th Bilderberg, in Sweden. Reported on the WWW.

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