The conservative turn : Lionel Trilling, Whittaker Chambers, and the lessons of anti-communism / Michael Kimmage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kimmage, Michael.

Series:

Harvard historical studies ; v. 165.

Harvard historical studies ; 165

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975--Political and social views.

Trilling, Lionel.

Chambers, Whittaker--Political and social views.

Chambers, Whittaker.

Right and left (Political science).

Communism--United States--History.

Communism.

United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Conservative Turn tells the story of postwar America's political evolution through two fascinating figures: Lionel Trilling and Whittaker Chambers, who went on to intellectual prominence, sharing the questions, crises, and challenges of their generation. Kimmage argues that the divergent careers of these two men exemplify important developments in postwar American politics: the emergence of modern conservatism and the rise of moderate liberalism.

Contents:

Sons of the bourgeoisie : portrait of Lionel Trilling and Whittaker Chambers as young men

Red years in the red decade : pursuing Soviet alternatives

Kronstadt : the break

First steps in an anti-Stalinist world

Toward an anti-communism of the left and an anti-communism of the right

Fictional anti-communism : Lionel Trilling's The middle of the journey

Witness : the trial of Whittaker Chambers

Conservatism and the anti-communist self

The establishment of an anti-communist intelligentsia.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-410) and index.

ISBN:

9780674054127

0674054121

OCLC:

651657328