Apostates and True Believers

The political and cultural landscape of the years after World War II are explored in relation to the deradicalization of one-time revolutionary intellectuals. The transformation of Stalinism into a kind of “Red Fascism” is one aspect, along with the activities of the intellectuals in the American Committee for Cultural Freedom and in relation to McCarthyism. The problem of apostasy is addressed by looking at intellectuals such as Sidney Hook, Will Herberg, Felix Morrow, Jean van Heijenoort, and many more. On the other hand, the sectarianism associated with orthodoxy is treated in regard to the evolution of the Socialist Workers Party and the conflict with Bert Cochran as well as the career of George Novack.

Jean Van Heijenoort: Una vida azarosa, digna de muchas novelas.

Jean Van Heijenoort y su vida como un joven brillante, guardaespaldas de Trotsky, después matemático y lógico destacado. Uno de los responsables de los archivos de la Universidad de Harvard sobre Trotsky.