Title Intimate strangers : foreign intellectuals and American political discourse / Andreea Deciu Ritivoi

Published New York : Columbia University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents The stranger persona -- Hannah Arendt : the thinker and the American republic -- Herbert Marcuse's German revolution in America -- Cold war prophesies : Alexander Solzhenitsyn and mythological America -- Edward Said and the clash of identities -- Conclusion : friendship with strangers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 -- Influence. Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979 -- Influence. Said, Edward W. -- Influence. Solzhenit͡syn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008 -- Influence. Intellectuals -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Politics and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century. United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 0231537913 (electronic bk.) 9780231537919 (electronic bk.)

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