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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
Sidney Hook (1902-1989) was a philosopher, a college professor,
America's leading disciple of John Dewey, and, during the 1930s,
perhaps America's most significant explicator of Karl Marx. He was
also for many years arguably the country's most astute and
important anti-communist intellectual. This volume is the first
devoted to his private letters. Selected from the voluminous
collection of his papers at the Hoover Institution Archives at
Stanford University and spanning the years 1929 to 1987, the
letters contain Hook's views on such subjects as war and peace,
Marxism and communism, the Soviet Union, the Spanish Civil War, the
Cold War, and the Vietnam War. Hook was a prolific letter writer,
and he corresponded with a great variety of individuals. Some were
strangers who had written to him concerning an article or book
review he had just published, others were prominent intellectuals -
among them Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, and Arthur
Schlesinger, Jr., to name just a few - and still others were public
officials. Hook saw himself, above all, as a teacher, and as a
teacher he felt it his duty to discuss with anyone who would listen
his conception of the obligations of democratic citizenship. Hook
had enormous faith in the power of education and reason and in the
soundness of America's democratic institutions and values. That
faith is reflected in these letters.
In this classic work, originally published in 1932, Hook set out to
demonstrate to the radical and conservative philosophers and
activists of the 1920s and 1930s that Marx was a systematic thinker
who developed a sound set of philosophical principles. His major
argument is that Marx was undogmatic in his approach to philosophy
and a critical thinker who assimilated and synthesized a variety of
ideas. Hook explains how Marx engaged both Hegel and the young
Hegelians in order to develop the notion of the dialectic with
Marx's take on historical materialism. The individual chapters
engage the reader through the debates and discussions between Marx
and young Hegelians such as Moses Hess, who influenced Marx in the
study of social and economic problems Feuerbach, who influenced
Marx's view of religion Bruno Bauer (antiliberalism) Arnold Ruge
(philosophy as politics) and Max Stirner (ideals as illusions).
Report Of The Work Of The Central Committee Of The Communist Party
Of The Soviet Union, By Stalin; And The Democratic And Dictatorial
Aspects Of Communism, By Hook.
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
Contributing Authors Include Alice Ambrose, Max Black, Rudolf
Carnap, And Many Others.
Report Of The Work Of The Central Committee Of The Communist Party
Of The Soviet Union, By Stalin; And The Democratic And Dictatorial
Aspects Of Communism, By Hook.
Contributing Authors Include Heinz Hartmann, Ernest Nagel, Lawrence
Kubie, And Many Others. The Contents Of This Volume Comprise The
Proceedings Of The Second Annual New York University Institute Of
Philosophy, Held At Washington Square, New York, March 28-29, 1958.
2011 Reprint of 1955 Edition. Full facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In this
work Sidney Hook, a distinguished scholar, examines the chief
issues which have divided Marxists from non-Marxists, and Marxists
from each other. This volume of exposition, comment and readings is
offered as an introduction to the study of Marxism in conflicting
theory and practice. A valuable collection of original source
readings are provided, including "The Communist Manifesto,"
"Historical Materialism," "The Fetishism of Commodities," "Religion
and Economics," and much more by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin,
Kautsky, Trotsky and Luxemburg.
Contributing Authors Include Brand Blanshard, Max Black, William
Barrett, And Many Others.
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Considered by some the most controversial American philosopher of
contemporary times, SIDNEY HOOK (1902-1989) was infamous for the
wild swing in his political thought over the course of his career,
starting out as a young Marxist before the Great Depression and
ending up a vehement anti-Communist in his later years. Hook's
conception of history and the individual's impact upon it is the
subject of this intriguing work, first published in 1943. Subtitled
A Study in Limitation and Possibility, it examines the concept of
the "hero" as it relates to leadership in the modern world, the
hero as a child of crisis, how the character of rulers affects
society, how history swings on the contingent and the unforeseen,
and much more. With sections on the Russian revolution and the
influence of the hero on democracy, this unexpectedly entertaining
book is an enthralling look at the theories that shaped Hook's
thought and guided his changes in political alliance.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
Dedicated "to the memory of a Great Adversary," this 1940 work is a
startling clarion call to embrace reason and rationality as the
only way to solve social problems. Hook discusses: [ democracy and
scientific method [ the meaning behind nonsense [ the folklore of
capitalism [ ideas as weapons [ integral humanism [ science,
atheism, and mythology [ science and the "new obscurantism" [ the
mythology of class science [ and much more.
Since its inception, pragmatism has been criticized as
and-metaphysical, its focus on scientific method and critical
inquiry viewed as undermining one of the very foundations of
traditional philosophy. Here, Sidney Hook begins his distinguished
philosophical career by juxtaposing these terms to show that the
pragmatic method cannot begin to help us solve human problems
without holding to a particular view of how the world is arranged
both physically and conceptually. But this does not imply that
pragmatism holds to a traditional, rigid metaphysic; rather, it has
an interactive dimension in which human problems are viewed as
contingent upon the ways we structure our questions and design
methods for finding solutions, both of which can change -- and the
implied metaphysic evolve -- as inquiry uncovers new information
about ourselves and the world.
Considered by some the most controversial American philosopher of
contemporary times, SIDNEY HOOK (1902-1989) was infamous for the
wild swing in his political thought over the course of his career,
starting out as a young Marxist before the Great Depression and
ending up a vehement anti-Communist in his later years. Hook's
conception of history and the individual's impact upon it is the
subject of this intriguing work, first published in 1943. Subtitled
A Study in Limitation and Possibility, it examines the concept of
the "hero" as it relates to leadership in the modern world, the
hero as a child of crisis, how the character of rulers affects
society, how history swings on the contingent and the unforeseen,
and much more. With sections on the Russian revolution and the
influence of the hero on democracy, this unexpectedly entertaining
book is an enthralling look at the theories that shaped Hook's
thought and guided his changes in political alliance.
Considered by some the most controversial American philosopher of
contemporary times, SIDNEY HOOK (1902-1989) was infamous for the
wild swing in his political thought over the course of his career,
starting out as a young Marxist before the Great Depression and
ending up a vehement anti-Communist in his later years. Much of
what he taught and valued as a thinker he learned as the prize
pupil of American educator and philosopher John Dewey. In John
Dewey: An Intellectual Portrait, first published in 1939, Hook
examines Dewey's approach to philosophy in clear, nontechnical
language meant to offer insight into and illustration of the sweep
and vitality of Dewey's vision. A staunch pragmatist-a developer of
the philosophical discipline that insists upon taking into account
the real-world impact of concepts of truth and meaning-Dewey
explored theories of idealism, politics, and society that continue
to be vitally relevant today. Hook's exploration deepens our
appreciation of Dewey's ongoing impact on American culture.
Since its inception, pragmatism has been criticized as
and-metaphysical, its focus on scientific method and critical
inquiry viewed as undermining one of the very foundations of
traditional philosophy. Here, Sidney Hook begins his distinguished
philosophical career by juxtaposing these terms to show that the
pragmatic method cannot begin to help us solve human problems
without holding to a particular view of how the world is arranged
both physically and conceptually. But this does not imply that
pragmatism holds to a traditional, rigid metaphysic; rather, it has
an interactive dimension in which human problems are viewed as
contingent upon the ways we structure our questions and design
methods for finding solutions, both of which can change -- and the
implied metaphysic evolve -- as inquiry uncovers new information
about ourselves and the world.
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