03947nam 2200745 450 991082485390332120200520144314.00-231-12493-70-231-51035-710.7312/gitl12492(CKB)1000000000460202(MH)009851019-3(SSID)ssj0000180545(PQKBManifestationID)12011985(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000180545(PQKBWorkID)10148757(PQKB)11734985(DE-B1597)458889(OCoLC)1013945800(OCoLC)979720302(DE-B1597)9780231510356(Au-PeEL)EBL908489(CaPaEBR)ebr11086539(OCoLC)64274703(MiAaPQ)EBC908489(EXLCZ)99100000000046020220150822h20062006 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe intellectuals and the flag /Todd GitlinNew York :Columbia University Press,2006.©20061 online resource (167 p. )Includes index.0-231-12492-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: from Great Refusal to Political Retreat -- I. Three Exemplary Intellectuals -- II. Two Traps and Three Values -- III. The Intellectuals and the flag -- Acknowledgments -- Index"The tragedy of the left is that, having achieved an unprecedented victory in helping stop an appalling war, it then proceeded to commit suicide." So writes Todd Gitlin about the aftermath of the Vietnam War in this collection of writings that calls upon intellectuals on the left to once again engage American public life and resist the trappings of knee-jerk negativism, intellectual fads, and political orthodoxy. Gitlin argues for a renewed sense of patriotism based on the ideals of sacrifice, tough-minded criticism, and a willingness to look anew at the global role of the United States in the aftermath of 9/11. Merely criticizing and resisting the Bush administration will not do-the left must also imagine and propose an America reformed.Where then can the left turn? Gitlin celebrates the work of three prominent postwar intellectuals: David Riesman, C. Wright Mills, and Irving Howe. Their ambitious, assertive, and clearly written works serve as models for an intellectual engagement that forcefully addresses social issues and remains affirmative and comprehensive. Sharing many of the qualities of these thinkers' works, Todd Gitlin's blunt, frank analysis of the current state of the left and his willingness to challenge orthodoxies pave the way for a revival in leftist thought and a new liberal patriotism.IntellectualsUnited StatesBiographyCivicsNationalismUnited StatesLiberalismUnited StatesRadicalismUnited StatesUnited StatesIntellectual life20th centuryUnited StatesIntellectual life21st centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1945-1989United StatesPolitics and government1989-IntellectualsCivics.NationalismLiberalismRadicalism973.92/086/31Gitlin Todd142462MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824853903321The intellectuals and the flag4020688UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress