Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

Austrian noble and political theorist

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1909

Place of Birth: Styria, Austria

Date of Death: 26-May-1999

Profession: politician, university teacher, journalist, literary critic, philosopher

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (German: ['ky?n?lt l?'di?n], born July 31, 1909 in Tobelbad, Styria, Austria-Hungary; died May 26, 1999, in Lans, Tyrol), was an Austrian political scientist and journalist.
He opposed the French Revolution as well as communism and Nazism.
Describing himself as a "conservative arch-liberal" or "extreme liberal", Kuehnelt-Leddihn often argued that majority rule in democracies is a threat to individual liberties, and declared himself a monarchist and an enemy of all forms of totalitarianism, although he also supported what he defined as "non-democratic republics," such as Switzerland and the early United States.Described as "A Walking Book of Knowledge", Kuehnelt-Leddihn had an encyclopedic knowledge of the humanities and was a polyglot, able to speak eight languages and read seventeen others.
His early books The Menace of the Herd and Liberty or Equality were influential within the American conservative movement.
An associate of William F.
Buckley Jr., his best-known writings appeared in National Review, where he was a columnist for 35 years.