Description: Making Liberalism New : American Intellectuals, Modern Literature, and the Rewriting of a Political Tradition, Paperback by Afflerbach, Ian, ISBN 1421440911, ISBN-13 9781421440910, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
A revisionist history of American liberalism, from the Great Depression to the Cold War.
In Making Liberalism New, Ian Afflerbach traces the rise, revision, and fall of a modern liberalism in the United States, establishing this intellectual culture as distinct from classical predecessors as well as the neoliberalism that came to power by centurys end. Drawing on a diverse archive that includes political philosophy, legal texts, studies of moral psychology, government propaganda, and presidential campaign materials, Afflerbach also delves into works by Tess Slesinger, Richard Wright, James Agee, John Dewey, Lionel Trilling, and Vladimir Nabokov. Throughout th, he shows how a reciprocal pattern of influence between modernist literature and liberal intellectuals helped drive the remarkable writing and rewriting of this keyword in American political life.
From the 1930s into the 1960s, Afflerbach writes, modern American fiction exposed and interrogated central concerns in liberal culture, such as corporate ownership, reproductive rights, color-blind law, the tragic limits of social documentary, and the dangerous allure of a heroic style in political leaders. In response, liberal intellectuals borrowed key values from modernist culture—irony, tragedy, style—to reimagine the meaning and ambitions of American liberalism.
Drawing together political theory and literary history, Making Liberalism New argues that the rise of American liberal culture helped direct the priorities of modern literature. At the same time, it explains how the ironies of narrative form offer an ideal medium for readers to examine conceptual problems in liberal thought. These problems—from the abortion debate to the scope of executive power—remain an indelible feature of American politics.
Price: 44.22 USD
Location: Jessup, Maryland
End Time: 2025-02-01T03:02:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Making Liberalism New : American Intellectuals, Modern Literature
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Making Liberalism New : American Intellectuals, Modern Literature, and the Rewriting of a Political Tradition
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Modern / 20th Century, Semiotics & Theory, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Publication Year: 2021
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Ian Afflerbach
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Political Science
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
