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The philosophy scare : the politics of reason in the early Cold War
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The philosophy scare : the politics of reason in the early Cold War / John McCumber.
ISBN
9780226396415 (ebook) :
Publication
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Previously issued in print: 2016.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 7, 2017).
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Summary
From the rise of formalist novels that championed the heroism of the individual to the proliferation of abstract art as a counter to socialist realism, the years of the Cold War had a profound impact on American intellectual life. As John McCumber shows in this fascinating account, philosophy, too, was hit hard by the Red Scare. Detailing the immense political pressures that reshaped philosophy departments in midcentury America, he shows just how radically politics can alter the course of intellectual history.
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Chicago scholarship online.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 30, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Specialized.
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