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Sidney Hook Reconsidered (Hardcover)
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Sidney Hook Reconsidered (Hardcover)
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The current intensification of scholarly interest in the response
of American intellectuals to the rise and fall of American and
Soviet Communism, the Cold War, the student movement, and
Neo-Conservatism has brought the controversial and fascinating work
of Sidney Hook once again to the attention of scholars of American
political thought and culture. Beginning his career as the first
American scholar of Marxism, a leading disciple of John Dewey, and
an early supporter of Soviet Communism, Hook eventually renounced
Marxism and came to be one of the most vehement supporters of the
Cold War. Throughout his long and unquiet life, Hook was revered as
the heir to Dewey's legacy, feared as a fierce polemicist, and
criticized from all points of the political spectrum.
The essays in this volume are the outcome of a centennial
celebration honoring his life and career. In addition to some of
his former students, colleagues, allies and adversaries, this
volume contains several essays by relatively unknown scholars. The
value of their contributions is measured by fresh insights into
Hook's philosophical significance, as well as the underlying
argument that adequate distance is needed to evaluate his
historical relevance. Despite the contentious nature of these two
approaches, ultimately these essays represent the comprehensive
attempt to both reexamine Hook's legacy and celebrate his
life.
The contributors include Jo-Ann Boydston, Gary Bullert, Steven
Cahn, Matthew Cotter, Michael Eldridge, Barbara Forrest, Nathan
Glazer, Neil Jumonville, Marvin Kohl, Paul Kurtz, Tibor Machan,
Christopher Phelps, Kathleen Poulos, Edward Shapiro, David
Sidorsky, Robert Talisse, and Bruce Wilshire.
With a completely revised and updated bibliography of Hook's works,
plus an afterword by Richard Rorty, this outstanding collection of
essays examining the rich and varied experience of one of America's
most misunderstood intellectuals will be of great interest to
students and scholars of American intellectual history and
philosophy.
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