Yes to Life: Memoirs of Corliss Lamont - Hardcover

Lamont, Corliss

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0818002328 ISBN 13: 9780818002328

Publisher: Horizon Press, 1981

Synopsis

A philosophy teacher and longtime defender of civil liberties recalls his life and discusses his views on government, economics, Vietnam, freedom, and immortality

About this title

From the Back Cover

Dr. Corliss Lamont vividly recounts a lifetime devoted to Humanism, civil liberties, and international peace. Included are accounts of his famous court battles against Senator Joseph McCarthy and the CIA and memories of such persons as Bertrand Russell, George Santayana, John Dewey, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and Katherine Hepburn.

Born in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1902, Dr. Lamont graduated first from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1920, then magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1924. He did graduate work at Oxford and at Columbia, where he received his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1932.

He was a director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1932 to 1954, and is currently chairman of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee. A leading proponent of the individual's rights under the Constitution, he has won famous court decisions over Senator Joseph McCarthy, the CIA, and in 1965 a Supreme Court ruling against censorship of incoming mail by the U.S. Postmaster General.

Dr. Lamont has long been associated with Humanism, and authored the standard text on the subject, The Philosophy of Humanism, in 1949. He taught at Columbia, Cornell, and Harvard Universities, and at the New School for Social Research. Corliss Lamont is currently honorary president of the American Humanist Association.

About the Author

Born in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1902, Corliss Lamont graduated first from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1920, then magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1924. He did graduate work at Oxford and at Columbia, where he received his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1932. He was director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1932 to 1954. Then, until 1995, he was chairman of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee. A leading proponent of individual rights under the U.S. Constitution, he won famous court decisions over Senator Joseph McCarthy and the CIA. In 1965, he secured a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against censorship of incoming mail by the U.S. Postmaster General. Dr. Lamont has long been associated with Humanism, authoring the first edition of The Philosophy of Humanism in 1949. It has since become the standard text on the subject. He taught at Columbia, Cornell, and Harvard Universities, and at the New School for Social Research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Horizon Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0818002328
• ISBN 13: 9780818002328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220