Young Sidney Hook
Subtitle: Marxist and Pragmatist
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780472030583
Subjects: Marxism & Communism; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Political; Biography/Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; USA; United States - 20th Century; Philosophers; Philosophy / Political; 1902-; Hook, Sidney,
First sentence: At noon on May 23, 1985, the philosopher Sidney Hook attended a luncheon at the White House, where he dined with, among others, Jacques Yves Cousteau, the deep sea explorer; Air Force General E. "Chuck" Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier; entertainers Jimmy Stewart and Frank Sinatra; and former UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick.