{"product_id":"irving-howe-a-life-of-passionate-dissent-9780814740200","title":"Irving Howe: A Life of Passionate Dissent","description":"\u003cp\u003eA New York Times \"Books for Summer Reading\" selection\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2003 National Jewish Book Award for History\u003cbr\u003eBy the time he died in 1993 at the age of 73, Irving Howe was one of the twentieth century's most important public thinkers. Deeply passionate, committed to social reform and secular Jewishness, ardently devoted to fiction and poetry, in love with baseball, music, and ballet, Howe wrote with such eloquence and lived with such conviction that his extraordinary work is now part of the canon of American social thought.\u003cbr\u003eIn the first comprehensive biography of Howe's life, historian Gerald Sorin brings us close to this man who rose from Jewish immigrant poverty in the 1930s to become one of the most provocative intellectuals of our time. Known most widely for his award-winning book World of Our Fathers, a rich portrayal of the East European Jewish experience in New York, Howe also won acclaim for his prodigious output of illuminating essays on American culture and as an indefatigable promoter of democratic socialism as can be seen in the pages of Dissent, the journal he edited for nearly forty years.\u003cbr\u003eDeeply devoted to the ideal of democratic radicalism and true equality, Howe was constantly engaged in a struggle for decency and basic fairness in the face of social injustice. In the century of Auschwitz, the Gulag, and global inter-ethnic mass murder, it was difficult to sustain political certainties and take pride in one's humanity. To have lived a life of conviction and engagement in that era was a notable achievement. Irving Howe lived such a life and Gerald Sorin has done a masterful job of guiding us through it in all its passion and complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Sorin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 5.78w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814740200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSorin, Gerald:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eGerald Sorin\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of History and Director of Jewish Studies at SUNY New Paltz. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eTradition Transformed: The Jewish Experience in America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43750638289011,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3e4d90da-2cc9-4707-8072-b06ed2bac486.jpg?v=1756465923","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/irving-howe-a-life-of-passionate-dissent-9780814740200","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}