Intellectuals in action : the origins of the new left and radical liberalism, 1945-1970 /

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Born in 1966' a generation removed from the counterculture' Kevin Mattson came of political age in the conservative Reagan era. In an effort to understand contemporary political ambivalence and the plight of radicalism today' Mattson looks back to the ideas that informed the protest&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mattson, Kevin, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
1945-1989
New Left > United States.
Radicalism > United States.
Intellectuals > Political activity > United States.
Intellectuals > United States > Political activity.
Nouvelle gauche > États-Unis.
Radicalisme > États-Unis.
Intellectuels > États-Unis > Activité politique.
Intellectuels > Activité politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Political Ideologies / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Conservatism & Liberalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > General.
Intellectuals > Political activity.
New Left.
Politics and government
Radicalism.
Liberalismus
Neue Linke
Intellectuelen.
Progressivisme.
Right and left (Political science) > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
United States.
USA.
American empire.
Arnold Kaufman.
C. Wright Mills.
Gestalt therapist.
Paul Goodman.
SDS.
Vietnam War.
William Appleman Williams.
activism.
anarcho-pacifist.
conservative Reagan era.
contemporary political ambivalence.
counterculture.
democratic America.
dissent.
left-leaning think tanks.
political change.
political malaise.
postmodern acquiescence.
protests.
radical sociologist.
reform.
sixties.
social movements.
teach-ins.
television debates.
united states.
us.
usa.
writing pamphlets.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the politics of intellectual life in postwar America : the possibility of new left beginnings
  • Godfather, C. Wright Mills : the intellectual as agent
  • Paul Goodman, anarchist reformer : the politics of decentralization
  • William Appleman Williams, Republican leftist : history of political lesson
  • Arnold Kaufman, radical liberal : liberalism rediscovered
  • Studies on the ledt and New university thought : lessons learned and disintegrations
  • Conclusion: Lost causes, radical liberalism, and the future.

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