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Of great relevance to contemporary debates about socialism and democracy, Young Sidney Hook reopens the controversial question of the relationship between Marxism and pragmatism. In the first biography of philosopher Sidney Hook to be published since his death in 1989, Christopher Phelps vividly describes the neglected early thought and political history of this important New York intellectual, pragmatist philosopher, and anti-Stalinist polemicist.
Throughout the Cold War decades, Hook was a notoriously strident anti-communist. But in his earlier life, he had a very different career as a talented radical philosopher and Marxist scholar who argued for replacing capitalism with a more democratic society.
Challenging scholars on both the left (who see Hook's early beliefs as ill-conceived) and the right (who see them as immature), Phelps explores the contributions young Hook made to social theory, ethics, politics, epistemology, and discussions of scientific method.
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Young Sidney Hook: Marxist and Pragmatist
June 30, 2005, University of Michigan Press
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Young Sidney Hook: Marxist and pragmatist
1997, Cornell University Press
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"At noon on May 23, 1985, the philosopher Sidney Hook attended a luncheon at the White House, where he dined with, among others, Jacques Yves Cousteau, the deep sea explorer; Air Force General E. "Chuck" Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier; entertainers Jimmy Stewart and Frank Sinatra; and former UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick."
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