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The [[John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy]] is based at the [[University of Chicago]]. It was founded in 1984 by [[Allan Bloom]] and [[Nathan Tarcov]] to provide a "forum for the reconsideration and analysis of the fundamental principles and current practices of American politics and society, along with a thoughtful examination of classic philosophical, theological, and literary texts."<ref>[http://olincenter.uchicago.edu/about_olin.html About the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy], John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.</ref>

==Funding== 
The Center is funded by the [[John M. Olin Foundation]].<ref>[http://olincenter.uchicago.edu/about_olin.html About the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy], John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.</ref>

The Center helped obtain funding from the [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] for the microfilming of the [[Leo Strauss]] archives at the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library.<ref>[http://olincenter.uchicago.edu/about_olin.html About the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy], John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.</ref>

==Faculty==
===Directors===
[[Nathan Tarcov]] | [[Allan Bloom]] (d. 1992)
===Associate Directors===
[[Joseph Cropsey]] | [[François Furet]] | [[Leon Kass]] | [[Ralph Lerner]] | [[Mark Lilla]] | [[Robert B. Pippin]]
===Senior Fellows===
[[Saul Bellow]] | [[Jean Bethke  Elshtain]] | [[Richard Hellie]] | [[Amy Kass]] | [[Leszek Kolakowski]] | [[Edward O. Laumann]] | [[John Mearsheimer]]
===Post-Doctoral Fellow===
[[Christopher S. Greenwald]]<ref>[http://olincenter.uchicago.edu/faculty.html Faculty], John M. Olin Center, accessed 4 September 2009.</ref>
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