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The <i>Book News</i> review of <i>Leftism Revisited</i> reveals his general thesis: <p> <blockquote><tt> An erudite, if eccentric, feat of historical/philosophical legerdemain by virtue of which "leftism" more-or-less subsumes every belief and act to which the (explicitly) right-wing author objects, including liberalism (commonly understood), fascism, communism, socialism, egalitarianism, atheism, democracy ("democratism"), even homosexuality (it's subsidized by liberal democracy). His alternative is "rightism," i.e. religion (Christian, preferably Catholic), tradition, monarchy, elitism, and personal freedom. </tt></blockquote><p><b>Father:</b> Erik-Johannes von Kuhnelt-Leddihn<br><b>Mother:</b> Isabella von Kuhnelt-Leddihn (b. 1879, d. 1965)<br><b>Wife:</b> Countess M. Christiane Goess (m. 1937)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/724/000068520/">University of Vienna</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/927/000104615/">PhD Political Science, University of Budapest</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/533/000068329/">Georgetown University</a><br> Professor: Saint Peter's College<br> Professor: <a href="/edu/538/000068334/">Fordham University</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/109/000401900/">Chestnut Hill College</a><br><p> <a href="/media/489/000044357/">The Spectator</a> <br> <a href="/media/005/000048858/">National Review</a> <br> <a href="/org/348/000058174/">Acton Institute</a> Board of Advisors<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=49749"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=49749">Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=49749" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>