Sidney Hook played a leading role, as a Marxist in the 1930s. Then he played a leading anti-communist role.
John Dewey was no Marxist, but he played a leading role as a progressive. See this partial list of philosophers victimized by McCarthyism: <http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/philo-mccarthy.html>The Honor Roll: American Philosophers Professionally Injured During the McCarthy Era by John McCumber I suppose it all depends on what you mean by leading role. C. Wright Mills played a leading intellectual role in the '50s, but he wasn't organizationally connected to a movement as far as I can recall. At 01:21 PM 9/26/2008, Charles Brown wrote: >I can't think of any philosophers or other academic thinkers in leading >roles. Can you think of any ? > >Charles > > >>> Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/26/2008 1:18 PM > >>> >There's a whole book out on that era: THE CULTURAL FRONT, author is, >I think, Michael Deming. > >There are progressive journalists, songwriters, and filmmakers. The >whole institutional and media landscape has changed, though. > >At 01:02 PM 9/26/2008, you wrote: > >In the 1930's-40's highwater period of US political accomplishments, > >many of the intellectuals involved in practical critical activity >were > >artists and journalists not so much "philosophers". Arlo Guthrie, >Pete > >Seeger, Paul Robeson, Billie Holiday, Lillian Hellman, painter >Charles > >White, et al. even , maybe , Ernest Hemingway. I wonder if there is >an > >American cultural style involved in that. In other words, America's > >noted "anti-intellectualism" may have displaced the progressive > >intellectuals from into the arts. > > > >Traditionally, journalism has been a favored US intellectual >discipline > >more than academic disciplines. > > > >Should US progressive intellectuals in 2008 be looking to other >secular > >fields of communication besides academic disciplines such as >philosophy, > >social science , history etc. to get involved in mass ideas and >opinions > >? > > > >Charles _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
