Michael Harrington

Speaking American

By: Robert Gorman

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Paperback | 13 October 1995 | Edition Number 1

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268 Pages

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18

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13

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22.9 x 15.2 x 1.42

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"Michael Harrington" is the first complete study of this popular author and activist (1928-1989). In this provocative biographical portrait, Robert A. Gorman examines the political and intellectual life of this engaging radical thinker while looking ahead to the ways in which the work and example he has left us can affect political life in the twenty-first century.
Michael Harrington is certainly America's preeminent Yankee Radical and this volume carefully examines his ideas about socialist and liberal concepts, compares and contrasts his thinking about the Old and New Lefts, presents his innovative synthesis for a new socialism, and speculates about democratic socialism's role in a perplexing post-communist world where even victorious nations are in economic trouble.
Michael Harrington's major attempt to Americanize socialism plays a big part in Gorman's analysis. "Michael Harrington" tells readers how it is possible to be both radical "and" patriotic and how an unjust system can be transformed without being destroyed. Harrington's patriotic message of renewal, hope, and change--what he called a "New Socialism"--will appeal to a broad segment of U.S. workers, intellectuals, bureaucrats, and activists. "Michael Harrington " vividly brings Harrington's brilliant vision to life in an era when innovative yet practical ideas are desparately needed.

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"Robert Gorman's compelling portrait of America's most visible and important socialist will provoke discussion and debate among Harrington's followers and critics alike. This book provides a wealth of information, not only about Harrington's rich political and intellectual life and influence, but about the dilemmas of the leftist tradition in America as well." -- William Julius Wilson, University of Chicago
"Robert Gorman retraces Michael Harrington's lifelong intellectual development from his beginnings as a young socialist caught up by the theories and conflicts of the old left, through his later struggles to engage the new currents of radical politics of the decades after the 1960s. Gorman sees clearly the errors and missteps which dogged Harrington in his lifelong project of developing a socialist perspective and a rhetoric that would capture the enthusiasm of ordinary Americans. Nevertheless, what emerges is the portrait of a towering person, a man of intellect, talent and passion who became an extraordinary figure in 20th century American politics." -- Frances Fox Piven, The Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York

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