The Conservative Turn : Lionel Trilling, Whittaker Chambers, and the Lessons of Anti-Communism.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (436 pages)
- Harvard Historical Studies ; v.165 .
- Harvard Historical Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Sons of the Bourgeoisie: Portrait of Lionel Trilling and Whittaker Chambers as Young Men -- 2. Red Years in the Red Decade: Pursuing Soviet Alternatives -- 3. Kronstadt: The Break -- 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: Lionel Trilling's The Middle of the Journey -- 7. Witness: The Trial of Whittaker Chambers -- 8. Conservatism and the Anti-Communist Self -- 9. The Establishment of an Anti-Communist Intelligentsia -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
Kimmage tells the story of postwar America's political evolution through Trilling and 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 the emergence of modern conservatism and the rise of moderate liberalism.
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Trilling, Lionel,-1905-1975-Political and social views. Chambers, Whittaker-Political and social views. Right and left (Political science). Communism-United States-History. United States-Intellectual life-20th century.