Time in the ditch : American philosophy and the McCarthy era

Author(s)

• McCumber, John

Bibliographic Information

Time in the ditch : American philosophy and the McCarthy era

John McCumber

Northwestern University Press, c2001

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-204) and Index

Contents of Works

• Introduction
• Philosophy's family secret : the nature and impact of the McCarthy era
• We're all scientists here : early effects of the McCarthy era on American philosophy
• Has it stopped yet? : the McCarthy era's lasting effects on American philosophy
• Culture wars, culture bores : philosophy's absence from American academic culture
• Philosophy out of the ditch : a post-McCarthy paradigm

Details

• NCID: BA52164456
• ISBN:
  • 0810118092
• LCCN: 00010668
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Evanston, Ill.
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 213 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B936
  • DC21 : 191
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Philosophy, American -- 20th century
  • LCSH : McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 -- Influence