abstract:John Patrick Diggins (April 1, 1935 – January 28, 2009) was a professor of history at the City University of New York Graduate Center, the author of more than a dozen books on widely varied subjects in American intellectual history.
Beforehedied in 2009, John Patrick Diggins, arespectedprofessorandwriterof intellectual history, waded into the Niebuhr fervour with anunfinished manuscript entitled "WhyNiebuhrNow?"