Running Commentary: The Contentious Magazine That Transformed The Jewish Left Into The Neoconservative Right
by Benjamin Balint /
2010 / English / EPUB
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In the years of cultural and political ferment following World
War II, a new generation of Jewish- American writers and thinkers
arose to make an indelible mark on American culture.
In the years of cultural and political ferment following World
War II, a new generation of Jewish- American writers and thinkers
arose to make an indelible mark on American culture.Commentary
Commentary was their magazine; the place where they and
other politically sympathetic intellectuals—Hannah Arendt, Saul
Bellow, Lionel Trilling, Alfred Kazin, James Baldwin, Bernard
Malamud, Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick and many others—shared new
work, explored ideas, and argued with each other.
was their magazine; the place where they and
other politically sympathetic intellectuals—Hannah Arendt, Saul
Bellow, Lionel Trilling, Alfred Kazin, James Baldwin, Bernard
Malamud, Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick and many others—shared new
work, explored ideas, and argued with each other.
Founded by the offspring of immigrants,
Founded by the offspring of immigrants,Commentary
Commentary began
life as a voice for the marginalized and a feisty advocate for
civil rights and economic justice. But just as American culture
moved in its direction, it began—inexplicably to some—to veer
right, becoming the voice of neoconservativism and defender of
the powerful.
began
life as a voice for the marginalized and a feisty advocate for
civil rights and economic justice. But just as American culture
moved in its direction, it began—inexplicably to some—to veer
right, becoming the voice of neoconservativism and defender of
the powerful.
This lively history, based on unprecedented access to the
magazine's archives and dozens of original interviews,
provocatively explains that shift while recreating the
atmosphere of some of the most exciting decades in American
intellectual life.
This lively history, based on unprecedented access to the
magazine's archives and dozens of original interviews,
provocatively explains that shift while recreating the
atmosphere of some of the most exciting decades in American
intellectual life.
