| The New York Public Intellectuals and Beyond: Exploring Liberal Humanism, Jewish Identity, and the American Protest Tradition Contributor(s): Goffman, Ethan (Editor), Morris, Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1557534810 ISBN-13: 9781557534811 Publisher: Purdue University Press OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2008 Annotation: New York Public Intellectuals and Beyond gathers a variety of distinguished scholars, from Eugene Goodheart to Peter Novick to Nathan Glazer, from Morris Dickstein to Suzanne Klingenstein to Ilan Stavans, to revisit and rethink the legacy of the New York intellectuals. The authors show how a small New York group, predominantly Jewish, moved from communist and socialist roots to become a primary voice of liberal humanism and, in the case of a few, to launch a new conservative movement. Concentrating on Lionel Trilling as the paradigmatic liberal intellectual, the book also includes thoughtful reconsiderations of Irving Howe and Dwight MacDonald, and explores the roots of the neoconservative movement and its changing role today. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Jewish Studies - History | Jewish - General - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 305.892 |
| LCCN: 2008016086 |
| Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.20 lbs) 361 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |