Out Of Step: An Unquiet Life In The 20Th Century
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few intellectual lives of the twentieth century were as turbulent, courageous, or consequential as that of Sidney Hook — philosopher, pragmatist, and tireless combatant in the great ideological wars of his age. Out of Step: An Unquiet Life in the 20th Century chronicles Hook's remarkable journey from the tenements of Brooklyn to the front lines of America's most heated political and philosophical battles, tracing his evolution from committed Marxist to one of the most formidable critics of totalitarianism and Soviet communism the democratic world produced. Written with the candour of a man who had nothing left to prove, this memoir presents a ringside account of the intellectual movements, political upheavals, and cultural convulsions that defined an era — populated by figures such as John Dewey, Leon Trotsky, and Bertrand Russell. Rooted in the American pragmatist tradition, Hook's prose is sharp, argumentative, and unsparing, mirroring a mind that refused to surrender to orthodoxy on either the left or the right. The memoir illustrates how one philosopher's unrelenting commitment to reason, democracy, and free inquiry placed him perpetually at odds with the prevailing fashions of his time — a man constitutionally incapable of intellectual conformity. For readers drawn to the intersection of biography, philosophy, and twentieth-century political history, Out of Step stands as both a personal testament and an indispensable document of an age defined by dangerous ideas — leaving one to wonder just how relevant Hook's warnings remain today.
Author: Sidney Hook
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few intellectual lives of the twentieth century were as turbulent, courageous, or consequential as that of Sidney Hook — philosopher, pragmatist, and tireless combatant in the great ideological wars of his age. Out of Step: An Unquiet Life in the 20th Century chronicles Hook's remarkable journey from the tenements of Brooklyn to the front lines of America's most heated political and philosophical battles, tracing his evolution from committed Marxist to one of the most formidable critics of totalitarianism and Soviet communism the democratic world produced. Written with the candour of a man who had nothing left to prove, this memoir presents a ringside account of the intellectual movements, political upheavals, and cultural convulsions that defined an era — populated by figures such as John Dewey, Leon Trotsky, and Bertrand Russell. Rooted in the American pragmatist tradition, Hook's prose is sharp, argumentative, and unsparing, mirroring a mind that refused to surrender to orthodoxy on either the left or the right. The memoir illustrates how one philosopher's unrelenting commitment to reason, democracy, and free inquiry placed him perpetually at odds with the prevailing fashions of his time — a man constitutionally incapable of intellectual conformity. For readers drawn to the intersection of biography, philosophy, and twentieth-century political history, Out of Step stands as both a personal testament and an indispensable document of an age defined by dangerous ideas — leaving one to wonder just how relevant Hook's warnings remain today.