Format:
1 online resource (185 pages)
ISBN:
9780231510356
Content:
In these wide-ranging essays, Todd Gitlin calls upon intellectuals on the left to once again engage American public life and resist the trappings of knee-jerk negativism, intellectual fads, and political orthodoxy. He argues for a renewed sense of patriotism based on the ideals of shared sacrifice, tough-minded criticism, and a willingness to look anew at the global role of the United States after 9/11. Gitlin's blunt, frank analysis of the current state of the left and his willingness to challenge orthodoxies pave the way for a revival in leftist thought and a new liberal patriotism.
Content:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: From Great Refusal to Political Retreat -- I. Three Exemplary Intellectuals -- 1. David Riesman's Lonely Crowd -- 2. C. Wright Mills, Free Radical -- 3. Irving Howe's Partition -- II. Two Traps and Three Values -- 4. The Postmodernist Mood -- 5. The Antipolitical Populism of Cultural Studies -- 6. The Values of Media, Citizenship, and Higher Education -- III. The Intellectuals and the Flag -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231124935
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780231124935
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=908489
