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This is the first biography of the Jewish-American intellectual Norman Podhoretz, longtime editor of the influential magazine Commentary. As both an editor and a writer, he spearheaded the countercultural revolution of the 1960s and - after he "broke ranks" - the neoconservative response. For years he defined what was at stake in the struggle against communism; recently he has nerved America for a new struggle against jihadist Islam; always he has given substance to debates over the function of religion, ethics, and the arts in our society. The turning point of his life occurred, at the age of forty near a farmhouse in upstate New York, in a mystic clarification. It compelled him to "unlearn" much that he had earlier been taught to value, and it also made him enemies. Revealing the private as well as the public man, Thomas L. Jeffers chronicles a heroically coherent life.
- Sales Rank: #2389227 in Books
- Published on: 2010-06-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.21" h x 1.14" w x 6.14" l, 1.56 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 418 pages
From Booklist
Literature professor Jeffers, editor of The Norman Podhoretz Reader (2004), here narrates the life story of a major intellectual anchor of the neoconservative movement. It is, in part, a story of social mobility and intellectual development. Raised in working-class Brooklyn, young Podhoretz studied at Columbia and was noticed by Lionel Trilling, which opened the door to Cambridge and a place among New York’s intellectual elite, whose left-leaning politics he would later famously renounce. Intellectual combat is another major theme: it was the era of serious intellectuals and serious intellectual periodicals, and as editor of the conservative Commentary, Podhoretz was at the center of many of the twentieth century’s most vehement and consequential cultural debates and had the ear of powerful men like Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Jeffers notes some of Podhoretz’s more controversial moments—criticism of feminism and homosexuality, support for bombing Iran—but his exuberant praise for his subject seems to take priority over critical examination of his positions. The result is a flawed yet fascinating look at a profoundly influential thinker. --Brendan Driscoll
Review
"Jeffers...skillfully weaves together these and other stories of Podhoretz's dramatic ascent to the peak of influence within the liberal intellectual world." -'David Linker, New York Times'
"In his insightful biography of Norman Podhoretz, Jeffers has captured the substance and conscience of a man difficult to categorize, who has been a figure of consequence in the political and cultural controversies of our time." -Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
"Very few journalists have led lives consequential enough to merit a full-scale biography. Norman Podhoretz is one of the few, and this book--intelligent, thorough, admirably fair-minded--does full justice to the story of his complex and controversial life." -Terry Teachout, drama critic, The Wall Street Journal
"A literate, insightful and well-wrought portrait of one of the most important public intellectuals of the last half century. Thomas Jeffers has served both his audience and his subject well, and in doing so has made an important contribution to the history of our times." -David Horowitz, author of Radical Son and A Cracking of the Heart
"This is a first-class account of one of the most interesting and significant men in America. Norman Podhoretz is a leading intellectual whose contribution to public debate, over many decades, has been unrivalled for incisiveness and force. This biography will delight those already familiar with his work, and serve to introduce him clearly to newcomers." -Paul Johnson, historian and author of Modern Times and A History of the American People
About the Author
Thomas L. Jeffers, a Yale PhD and a Professor of Literature at Marquette University, earlier taught at Cornell and Harvard, where he was a Mellon Fellow. Author of Samuel Butler Revalued (1981) and Apprenticeships: The Bildungsroman from Goethe to Santayana (2005), he has also published pieces in numerous journals, including the Yale Review, the Hudson Review, Raritan, and Commentary. In 2004 he edited The Norman Podhoretz Reader, which provided the inspiration for this book.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
A Tale of the Times
By Peregrino
While clearly distinguishing multiple strands in the literary, political, personal, and spiritual life of neoconservative author and Commentary editor (1955-1995) Norman Podhoretz, this elegant biography imitates his pugnacious attempt to grasp and shape those strands entire. It is a formidable attempt and largely succeeds. While small-scale skirmishes in NY literary salons and larger conflicts shaping a neo-liberal (a label Jeffers persuasively argues is more apt than neocon) politics occasionally threaten to overwhelm the larger narrative, Jeffers' prose and careful selections help the reader to continue to see the larger story.
From a 1970 spring epiphany to a multitude of friendships forged, stretched, and shattered (Trilling, Mailer, Baldwin, Moynihan), Jeffers clearly connects Podhoretz's personal and spiritual life to his writing, editing, and politics. You need not agree with any, much less all of Podhoretz's judgments to appreciate his story and its telling. The canvas as well as the portrait is larger: a fine account of an attempt to speak, work, hate, love, and live with integrity through fractured times. Anyone seeking insight into the tumult and legacy of our recent American past can read it with interest and profit.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Review of Norman Podhoretz: A Biography
By Robert Kirschten
A first-rate treatment of a major American literary and political figure. Jeffers is especially adept at providing the political contexts--over decades--of Podhoretz' thought, and his skill at reconstructing this history is exceptional. Without these accounts, one would not be able to understand the dialectical responses of Podhoretz to the major ideas of his time. Jeffers' prose is adroit and smoothly presented. He makes complicated intellectual positions clear and presentable with a minimum of technical academic terminology.
A model biography, impressively organized and written .
Robert Kirschten, Ph.D.,
Director of Creative Writing,
Prairie View A&M University
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
A tour of an interesting era of arguments on cultural and political ideas
By DGB
I came across Commentary magazine in the early 70s when it was peaking in terms of its influence. I was attracted primarily by the mix of material in the magazine and enjoyed the letters to the editor, the political/cultural pieces in the middle and especially enjoyed the back of the magazine's reviews and short stories. I was in my 20s and was drawn not as much by the depth of the articles as by the breadth, the timeliness of topics, and the approach taken by the magazine -- that is, by the editorial policy. I then read Podhoretz's first autobiographical book (Making It) which gave (it seemed to me at the time) some context to the magazine's content and orientation. The magazine was useful in several different ways: it introduced me to writers and commentators I've followed since (Joseph Epstein, for example), it provided a counter-point to more mainstream opinions on many topics, it increased my vocabulary and range of topics of interest to pursue elsewhere, and engaged energetically in controversies that were current and that I thought were significant, so an alignment, to that degree, of values even if I didn't always agree with the position taken.
So that's my perspective in reading this book, which I was able to get used for a dollar or two (plus shipping): a sense of respect for the magazine and its editor in that era (I dropped my subscription long ago) vs a critic or even an antagonist. This book provides a tour of Podhoretz's life narrated by a curator and guide who is sympathetic but also pretty transparent. I wasn't looking for a critique of Podhoretz's opinions or an evaluation of the positions he took or the various behaviors he exhibited, I just wanted to know his history -- personal, social, educational, intellectual, political -- and this book provides that kind of tour. Because he changed his views significantly on significant issues and, as a result, his personal associations and even close friendships, I was curious to see more detail on how those episodes played out -- that is a level of commitment to ideas that can be inspiring or bewildering and I wanted to try to understand the process better just be hearing the stories. I thought the book provided that opportunity.
If your orientation is like mine -- not a critic of Commentary's and Podhoretiz's positions during their era of influence, interested in the story of a remarkable era of conflicts in the world of ideas and social associations and intellectuals dueling in the public square -- then I think you won't be disappointed. If nothing else, it is a reminder during the current presidential campaign (March 2016 right now) of what seems like a very distant and different political culture. I gave it four stars because there were times when it seemed to me a slightly broader take that included a bit more criticism on some topics would have improved the reader's appreciation for both sides of arguments, but that is more a matter of taste.
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