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The Intellectuals And the Flag
by Todd Gitlin
ISBN: 0231124929
ISBN-13: 9780231124928
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
In this collection of related essays, historian Todd Gitlin, known for his work on the 1960s, says that the intellectual Left in America has surrendered too much ground to conservatives. Here he writes about how they can recapture the debate-in his view, by taking the high ground and eschewing anti-Bush rhetoric, which he sees as unhelpful. Gitlin recommends three postwar intellectuals as exemplars of the kind of engaged public intellectuals who can make a difference: literary critic Irving Howe, social critic C. Wright Mills, and David Riesman, author of classic THE LONELY CROWD. Acknowledging the differences between the postwar period of the 50s and 60s, and today's post-9/11 world, Gitlin exhorts the Left to engage with patriotism, values, and the realities and opportunities of globalism. By, in effect, being smarter and more sensitive than the inept Bushcons, the Left can lead us out of our morass and win the day.
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Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Published date: 2006
Size: 5.25 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 167
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