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050	1	4	_aJC 574.2 _bM621l 2020
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100	1		_aMichaels, Jonathan, _d1951-
245	1	4	_aThe liberal dilemma : _bthe pragmatic tradition in the age of McCarthyism / _cby Jonathan Michaels.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bRoutledge, _c2020.
300			_aix, 260 pages _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bnc _2rdacarrier
440		0	_aRoutledge advances in American history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aStudent v. student: two episodes -- War by other means -- Homer G. Richey and the political power of a symbol -- Mapping the liberal mind: Paul Wilson Sullivan -- Conclusion: vital center or excluded middle?
520			_a"This volume explores the response of liberals to rightwing attacks during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and early 1950s, establishing it as a defensive approach aimed at warding off efforts to conflate liberalism with communism, but not at striking back at the opposing ideology of conservatism itself. This book finds the combination of the liberal adherence to pragmatism and political pluralism to have been responsible for the weakness of this response. Analyzing the language used in interchanges between rightwing anticommunists and liberals, Michaels shows that those interchanges did not constitute an effort to persuade but rather an effort to discredit the opponent as "un-American." A variety of conflicts--a professor seeking to avoid dismissal by accusing his colleagues of disloyalty, an investigator of rightwing groups assailed for his activities, an openly communist student seeking to justify the existence of his student organization--embody a battle waged over conflicting versions of "America," an attempt by each side to lay exclusive claim to that word. Conflicts over freedom, individualism, Americanism, and the institution of private property demonstrate how rightwing anticommunists and moderate liberals actually subscribed to two mutually incompatible patterns of sociation, making the conflict profound and resistant to reconciliation"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
650		4	_aLiberalismo _zEstados Unidos _xHistoria _ySiglo XX. _92980
650		4	_aMovimientos anticomunistas _zEstados Unidos _xHistoria _ySiglo XX. _96843
650		4	_aCultura política _zEstados Unidos _92279
650		4	_aAnálisis del discurso _xAspectos políticos _zEstados Unidos _98444
651		4	_92202 _aEstados Unidos _xPolítica y gobierno
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMichaels, Jonathan, 1951- _tThe liberal dilemma _dNew York, NY : Routledge, 2020. _z9780367313425 _w(DLC) 2019021386
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