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The Faith of a Marxist Heretic
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BOOK WORLD
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3 / 1986 |
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Lee Congdon
Lee Congdon writes regularly on modern literature. He teaches
eastern European history at James Madison University. |
AGAINST FRAGMENTATION: THE ORIGINS OF MARXISM AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF INTELLECTUALS
Alvin W. Gouldner
Oxford University Press, 1985
333 pages
THE FUTURE OF INTELLECTUALS AND THE RISE OF THE NEW CLASS Alvin W. Gouldner
Continuum, 1979
121 pages
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of," Pascal observed. One of the greatest mathematicians of his time, he knew that in the final analysis religious commitment does not and cannot base itself upon proof. But that being said, it remains true that most Christians take seriously St. Peter's injunction to "be ready always to give an answer to every man that ask the you a reason of the hope that is in you." They do so not only because they wish to bear witness to others, but because they recognize the problematic character of what Kierkegaard called the "leap of faith." There have been those, after all, who have made existential decisions for Nazism and, less darkly, for passing enthusiasms such as environmentalism and jogging. And a great many continue to decide for Marxism, especially intellectuals who, however much they advertise their critical proclivities, have been more than ready to hail that complex ideology as an authentic revelation.
Habits of The Heart
To be sure, Marxist intellectuals do not consider their commitment to be irrational. On the contrary,
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