Here, a variety of distinguished scholars revisit and rethink the legacy of the New York intellectuals, showing how this small, predominantly Jewish group 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.
Here, a variety of distinguished scholars revisit and rethink the legacy of the New York intellectuals, showing how this small, predominantly Jewish g...
This book presents a compilation of Irving Howe's interviews during the last fifteen years of his life. It represents what could be viewed as the sequel to Howe's intellectual autobiography, "A Margin of Hope", which took the story of his life only up to the late 1970s. Many of these interviews were never published and have existed only as personal tapes in the hands of such scholars and activists as Todd Gitlin and Maurice Isserman. Others were originally published in such venues as "The New York Times", "The Jerusalem Post", and the PBS documentary "Arguing the World". Howe never organized...
This book presents a compilation of Irving Howe's interviews during the last fifteen years of his life. It represents what could be viewed as the sequ...
