Bibliograph

Out of step, an unquiet life in the 20th century, Sidney Hook

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Label

Out of step, an unquiet life in the 20th century, Sidney Hook

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

portraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Out of step

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

13327111

Responsibility statement

Sidney Hook

Sub title

an unquiet life in the 20th century

Summary

One of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century details the events of his career and describes meetings with people who have shaped the philosophical and political character of recent history

Table Of Contents

Early scene -- High school years-purgatory and triumph -- Discovery of the socialist dream -- College years -- Educational turning point: morris cohen -- Intermezzo -- Columbia days and john dewey -- Encounter with espionage -- Weimar republic: the writing on the wall -- Moscow in 1929 -- Depression and the intellectuals -- Philosophy on the ninth floor -- Grim discovery -- Breaking with communism -- American workers party -- Academy and anti-semitism -- Moscow trials -- Committee for cultural freedom -- Strange case of whittaker chambers -- Second world war and its casualties -- On the eve of the cold war -- God and the professors -- Bertrand russell: portrait for memory -- Communist peace offensive -- On the battlefield of philosophy -- American committee for cultural freedom -- Congress for cultural freedom -- My running debate with albert einstein -- Geniemoral: bertolt brecht -- Academic "witch hunt": setting the record straight -- Inside partisan review: the radical comedians -- Tales out of school -- Walpurgisnacht at new york university: the academic ethic in abeyance -- Cold war and the intellectuals -- Twilight years -- Reaffirmations

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