ConvictionsChallenges liberals and conservatives alike, as Hook pierces to the heart of momentous issues: human rights, racial equality, cultural freedom, and the separation of ethical behavior from religious belief. |
Contents
Introduction by Paul Kurtz | 7 |
IN DEFENSE OF WESTERN CULTURE | 10 |
PERSONAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL | 13 |
Convictions | 15 |
The Uses of Death | 23 |
In Defense of Voluntary Euthanasia | 33 |
The Ethics of Suicide | 36 |
Reflections on the Jewish Question | 47 |
The AcademicBrawley Cases | 157 |
A New Code Word? | 163 |
The Mischief Makers | 167 |
The Politics of Curriculum Building | 170 |
In Defense of the Humanities | 182 |
POLITICAL AND POLEMICAL | 191 |
The Faiths of Whittaker Chambers | 193 |
The Rationale of a NonPartisan Welfare State | 200 |
Toward Greater Equality | 63 |
ON EDUCATION | 71 |
Minimum Indispensables of a Liberal Education | 73 |
John Deweys Philosophy of Education | 82 |
Education in Defense of a Free Society | 94 |
The Principles and Problems of Academic Freedom | 105 |
A Noble Failure | 117 |
An Open Letter to the Stanford Faculty | 133 |
An Interim Report | 139 |
Educational Disaster at Stanford University? | 148 |
How Democratic Is America? Howard Zinn | 217 |
How Democratic Is America? A Response to Howard Zinn | 231 |
Rebuttal to Sidney Hook Howard Zinn | 245 |
Rejoinder to Howard Zinn | 250 |
Can American Universities Be Depoliticized? Henry David Aiken | 253 |
From the Platitudinous to the Absurd A Response to H D Aiken | 268 |
McCarthyism and Communism | 276 |
A Philosophical Perspective | 299 |
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