
Yankee Red
Nonorthodox Marxism in Liberal America
Robert A. Gorman(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 7. February 1989
Book
Hardback
205 pages
978-0-275-92766-0 (ISBN)
Description
Yankee Red describes a new Marxism. This is not the frozen formula Marxism; the philosophy of the orthodox, disciplined organizations that have failed in America. This book describes an institutionally unfocused Marxism enlivened by the real life experiences of liberal American workers, civil rights activists, feminists, self-governing neighborhood and civic associations and others on the fringes of democracy's socialist mainstream. Robert A. Gorman examines the evolution of Marxian theory and practice in the context of both orthodoxy and U.S. liberalism. Yankee Red, with its analytical and historical framework, its focus on key thinkers, and its attention to evolving left tactics, will appeal to students and scholars of American politics and history, political theory, Marxism, philosophy, civil rights, women's, and religious studies.
Gorman's study begins with a prologue addressing the two cultures of Marxism in America: orthodox Marxism and neo-Marxism. He traces the history of American Marxism, discussing its many setbacks through the years, including government persecution and public apathy. The book highlights the contributions to Marxism by many prominent individuals: key thinkers, home grown radicals, new leftists, feminists, analytical marxists, and many others. In the conclusion to the book, Gorman addresses the problems facing America as its middle class vanishes.
Gorman's study begins with a prologue addressing the two cultures of Marxism in America: orthodox Marxism and neo-Marxism. He traces the history of American Marxism, discussing its many setbacks through the years, including government persecution and public apathy. The book highlights the contributions to Marxism by many prominent individuals: key thinkers, home grown radicals, new leftists, feminists, analytical marxists, and many others. In the conclusion to the book, Gorman addresses the problems facing America as its middle class vanishes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-92766-0 (9780275927660)
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Person
ROBERT A. GORMAN is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His other books include The Dual Vision--Alfred Schutz and the Myth of Phenomenological Social Science, Neo-Marxism, Biographical Dictionary and Biographical Dictionary of Neo-Marxism.
Content
Prologue: The Two Cultures of Marxism Learning from Failure: Orthodoxy in America Radical Subjectivity Proletarian Politics Emancipatory Empirical Science Progressive Pluralism Conclusion: The Rude Awakening Bibliography Index