Irving Howe : A Life of Passionate Dissent.
Title:
Irving Howe : A Life of Passionate Dissent.
Author:
Sorin, Gerald.
ISBN:
9780814708842
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (416 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Trauma of Sharply Fallen Circumstances: World of Our Fathers -- 2 Illusions of Power and Coherence at CCNY:World of College Politics in the 1930s -- 3 The Second World War and the Myopia of Socialist Sectarianism -- 4 The Postwar World and the Reconquest of Jewishness -- 5 Toward a "World More Attractive" -- 6 The Origins of Dissent -- 7 The Age of Conformity -- 8 The Growth of Dissent and the Breakup of the Fifties -- 9 More Breakups -- 10 The Turmoil of Engagement: The Sixties: Part 1 -- 11 Escalation and Polarization: The Sixties: Part 2 -- 12 Retrospection and Celebration -- 13 Sober Self-Reflections: Democratic Radical, Literary Critic, Secular Jew -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
An illuminating biography of an American intellectual and one of the century's most important public thinkers whose commitment to social reform was balanced by his love of fiction, poetry, baseball, and music.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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