Fascinating collection of important philosophical papers

Determinism and Freedom in the Age of Modern Science

Politics & Social Sciences

Hook, Sidney

Philosophy

Collier Books

One of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century details the events of his career and describes meetings with people who have shaped the philosophical and political character of recent history

Out of Step: An Unquiet Life in the 20th Century

Harpercollins

Criticism study of theoretical Marxism from a former (and reformed) adherent.

Reason, Social Myths and Democracy (Torchbooks)

Politics & Government

Harper-Torchbooks

In this classic work, originally published in 1932, Hook set out to demonstrate to the radical and conservative philosophers and activists of the 1920s and 1930s that Marx was a systematic thinker who developed a sound set of philosophical  principles. His major argument is that Marx was undogmatic in his approach to philosophy and a critical thinker who assimilated and synthesized a variety of ideas. Hook explains how Marx engaged both Hegel and the young Hegelians in order to develop the notion of the dialectic with Marx's take on historical materialism. The individual chapters engage the reader through the debates and discussions between Marx and young Hegelians such as Moses Hess, who influenced Marx in the  study of social and economic problems Feuerbach, who influenced Marx's view of religion Bruno Bauer (antiliberalism) Arnold Ruge (philosophy as politics) and Max Stirner (ideals as illusions).

From Hegel to Marx

Business & Money

Economics

Columbia Univ. Pr.

In this brilliant work, first published in 1936, Sydney Hook seeks to resolve one of the classic problems of European intellectual history: how the political radicalism and philosophical materialism of Karl Marx issued from the mystical and conservative intellectual system of G.W.F. Hegel. This edition contains a forward by Christopher Phelps discussing Hook's career and the significance of From Hegel to Marx in the history of ideas.

From Hegel to Marx: Studies in the Intellectual Development of Karl Marx (Morningside Book)

Columbia University Press

One of America's most influential social philosophers offers a restatement of traditional liberal-democratic views as they pertain to our constitutional form of government.The topics explored in Sidney Hook's book include the nature and extent of human freedom, the Bill of Rights, judicial review as it pertains to constitutional interpretation and the balance of powers among the three branches of government, censorship, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, social justice, the importance of intelligence in political and moral spheres, as well as civil disobedience and the right to revolution within a democratic order.Here we have a sustained, nonpartisan analysis of the place of the Constitution and judicial review within our democracy. Special emphasis is given to reconsidering the proper role of the Supreme Court if and when a Constitutional Convention is convoked to address this and related questions.

The Paradoxes of Freedom

Rules & Procedures

Greenwood

A penetrating study of the basic issues that have embroiled the American campus and produced a crisis in American higher education.

Academic freedom and academic anarchy

Cowles Book Co.

Considered by some the most controversial American philosopher of contemporary times, SIDNEY HOOK (1902-1989) was infamous for the wild swing in his political thought over the course of his career, starting out as a young Marxist before the Great Depression and ending up a vehement anti-Communist in his later years.  The Metaphysics of Pragmatism-Hook's first work, originally published in 1927-is something of a malicious joke on the philosopher's part, one he readily acknowledges in his introduction, a bringing together of one discipline, that of metaphysics, with the one generally regarded as its polar opposite, that of pragmatism, for the purposes of rescuing the second.  Though not a political work at all-except, possibly, one of academic politics-this is nevertheless a fascinating introduction to this notorious figure. In its expression of the author's "passionate moral interest in the creative power... of human thinking," it may, perhaps, begin to lend some understanding to the shifts in his own thinking that characterized his work.

Metaphysics of Pragmatism

Ams Pr Inc

In "Marx and the Marxists: The Ambiguous Legacy," a distinguished scholar examines the chief issues which have divided Marxists from non-Marxists - and Marxists from each other. This volume of exposition, comment and readings is offered as an introduction to the study of Marxism in conflicting theory and practice. Events of the past quarter-century have demonstrated the vital importance of knowing the ideas and movements discussed in this book. On this critical subject more than any other, the price of ignorance may well be loss of freedom.

Marx and the Marxists: The Ambiguous Legacy.

History

Russia

Van Nostrand (1955)

The Paradoxes of Freedom.

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

University of California Press

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