Making Liberalism New
American Intellectuals, Modern Literature, and the Rewriting of a Political Tradition
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 288
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Hopkins Studies in Modernism
- EAN: 9781421440910
- Utgivelsesår: 2021
- Bidragsyter: Afflerbach, Ian (University of North Georgia)
A revisionist history of American liberalism, from the Great Depression to the Cold War.
Finalist of the MSA First Book Prize by The Modernist Studies Association
In Making Liberalism New, Ian Afflerbach traces the rise, revision, and fall of a modern liberalism in the United States, establishing this intellectual culture as distinct from classical predecessors as well as the neoliberalism that came to power by century''s end. Drawing on a diverse archive that includes political philosophy, legal texts, studies of moral psychology, government propaganda, and presidential campaign materials, Afflerbach also delves into works by Tess Slesinger, Richard Wright, James Agee, John Dewey, Lionel Trilling, and Vladimir Nabokov. Throughout the book, he shows how a reciprocal pattern of influence between modernist literature and liberal intellectuals helped drive the remarkable writing and rewriting of this keyword in American political life.
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