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Informationen zum Autor By Martin Halliwell Klappentext In this important new work, Martin Halliwell focuses on the tensions between the two dimensions of Reinhold Niebuhr's thought: his political role as a radical social critic and his conservative and largely private belief in the values of neo-orthodox Christianity. In order to better examine Niebuhr's philosophy, Halliwell positions him in a series of debates on political, religious, ethical, and cultural themes with other eminent intellectuals. In doing so, Halliwell reassesses the important contributions that Reinhold Niebuhr made to 20th century American culture. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the tensions between the two dimensions of Reinhold Niebuhr's thought! his political role as a radical social critic! and his conservative and private belief in the values of neo-orthodox Christianity! the author positions him in a series of debates on political! religious! ethical! and cultural themes with other eminent intellectuals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Niebuhr and American Intellectual CulturePart I: The Intellectual Family: Pragmatism, Religion and Ethics, 1910s-1940sChapter 1: "Half-Truths Set Against Half-Truths": James and NiebuhrChapter 2: A Certain Blindness to Liberalism: Dewey and NiebuhrChapter 3: Crossing the Invisible Boundary: Tillich and NiebuhrChapter 4: "Soldiers in the Same Division": The Niebuhr BrothersPart II: Wider Dialogues: Cultural, National and Political Identity, 1940s-1970sChapter 5: "Digging About in the Slime": Niebuhr and American PsychoanalysisChapter 6: The Myths and Dramas of History: Niebuhr and Postwar CultureChapter 7: "The Achilles' Heel of Democracy": Niebuhr and US Foreign PolicyChapter 8: The New Face of Love: Niebuhr and the Civil Rights MovementConclusion: Niebuhr and the Search for Leadership
