Arguing the World The New York Intellectuals in Their Own Words

Name: Arguing the World The New York Intellectuals in Their Own Words
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ISBN: 9780226158143

ISBN-10: 0226158144

ISBN-13: 9780226158143

Edition: 2001

Authors: Joseph Dorman, James A. Dorn, Wang Xi

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Joseph Dorman's film Arguing the World won New York Magazine's Best New York Documentary award in 1999 as well as the Peabody Award in 1999. His work has also appeared on The Discovery Channel, CBS, and CNN, and has been nominated for two Emmy Awards. Joseph Dorman's acclaimed documentary, Arguing the World, included stunning interviews with Irving Howe, Daniel Bell, Irving Kristol, and Nathan Glazer. Now with a new preface, Dorman converted the film into this book that includes an overview of the New York Intellectuals and a chapter on the future of the public intellectual. Expertly spliced together from the film and new material, this book gives the sense that these men are still engaged…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface, 2001: Love and Utopia


Acknowledgments


The Participants


The New York Jewish Intellectuals


A Note on the Text



A Lifetime in Argument



History at the Kitchen Table



A Harvard for the Poor



The Most Interesting Place in the Soviet Union



The Newness of Ideas



Darkness Descending



The Mood of Two Generations



The Neoconservative Revolt



Two Cheers for Utopia



Worrying with a Purpose


Selected Bibliography


Index