The Family responded to the book with outrage, and Podhoretz soon turned no less angrily on them, becoming the fierce neoconservative he remains to this day. It is also a closely observed and in many ways still-pertinent analysis of the tense and more than a little duplicitous relationship that exists in America between intellect and imagination, money, social status, and power. It is a Balzacian story of raw talent and relentless and ruthless ambition. Making It is his blistering account of fighting his way out of Brooklyn and into, then out of, the Ivory Tower, of his military service, and finally of his induction into the ranks of what he calls "the Family," the small group of left-wing and largely Jewish critics and writers whose opinions came to dominate and increasingly politicize the American literary scene in the fifties and sixties. Norman Podhoretz, the son of Jewish immigrants, grew up in the tough Brownsville section of Brooklyn, attended Columbia University on a scholarship, and later received degrees from the Jewish Theological Seminary and Cambridge University. Making It by Norman Podhoretz Benjamin Moser (Introduction by) Terry Teachout (Introduction by) A controversial memoir about American intellectual life and academia and the relationship between politics, money, and education. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Ideally what is required for the good society is the de velopment of a mutuality of esteem for the contributions all individuals make to the work of society, not as an empty propaganda gesture to in crease production, but as a genuine recognition of the specific way in which the specific person helps in creating the objects and services that are the products and conditions of a good society. But with respect to social status, there is always something that can be done, especially as to where and how one spends most of his working day. Whether it is genetic accident or divine design, as far as the lot of the individual is concerned it is a matter of luck. Political Power and Personal Freedom by Sidney Hook Excerpt from Political Power and Personal Freedom: Critical Studies in Democracy, Communism, and Civil Rights With respect to some things in this world, like variations in beauty and intelligence and natural Skill, nothing can be done except to shed and enjoy the radiance of natural grace wherever possible.
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