The Conservative Turn : : Lionel Trilling, Whittaker Chambers, and the Lessons of Anti-Communism / / Michael Kimmage.

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• VerfasserIn: Kimmage, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Historical Studies ; 165
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 SONS OF THE BOURGEOISIE -- 2 RED YEARS IN THE RED DECADE -- 3 KRONSTADT -- 4 FIRST STEPS IN AN ANTI-STALINIST WORLD -- 5 TOWARD AN ANTI-COMMUNISM OF THE LEFT AND AN ANTI-COMMUNISM OF THE RIGHT -- 6 FICTIONAL ANTI-COMMUNISM -- 7 WITNESS -- 8 CONSERVATISM AND THE ANTI-COMMUNIST SELF -- 9 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ANTI-COMMUNIST INTELLIGENTSIA -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- INDEX