03178cam a22004098i 4500 113927 113927 BJBSDDR 20230411090630.0 ta 200130s2020 nyu |b 001 0 eng 9780367313425 (hbk) 0367313421 (hbk) DLC spa DLC eng pcc n-us--- JC 574.2 M621l 2020 320.510973/09045 23 Michaels, Jonathan, 1951- The liberal dilemma : the pragmatic tradition in the age of McCarthyism / by Jonathan Michaels. New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. ix, 260 pages 24 cm. text txt rdacontent computer n rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Routledge advances in American history Includes bibliographical references and index. Student 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? "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"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Liberalismo Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XX. 2980 Movimientos anticomunistas Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XX. 6843 Cultura política Estados Unidos 2279 Análisis del discurso Aspectos políticos Estados Unidos 8444 2202 Estados Unidos Política y gobierno Print version: Michaels, Jonathan, 1951- The liberal dilemma New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9780367313425 (DLC) 2019021386 lcc BK 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2020-01-30 0 JC 574.2 M621l 2020 00000122532 2020-01-30 00:00:00 1 2020-01-30 BK