New Reformation: Notes of a Neolithic Conservative

Goodman, Paul

ISBN 10: 1604860561 / ISBN 13: 9781604860566

Published by PM Press (edition Second Edition, Second edition), 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Reformation: Notes of a Neolithic Conservative
• Publisher: PM Press (edition Second Edition, Second edition)
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1604860561
• ISBN 13: 9781604860566
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Second Edition, Second edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Emphasizing the importance of culture and the arts in society, this reprint of a 1960s classic—the author's last book of social criticism—includes a new introduction that situates the late Paul Goodman in his era and traces the development of his characteristic insights. The probing introduction speaks for a new generation of young scholars as it discusses the initial impact and continuing relevance of Goodman's problematic love affair with the radical youth of the 1960s. Timely and compelling, Goodman's narrative reassesses what he considered a moral and spiritual upheaval comparable to the Protestant Reformation—"the breakdown of belief, and the emergence of new belief, in sciences and professions, education, and civil legitimacy." With new analysis of 1960s activism, this survey shows that Goodman's prescient voice is as relevant today as it was four decades ago.

About the Author

Paul Goodman is the author of Decentralizing Power and the bestselling Growing Up Absurd. He set the agenda for the youth movement of the 1960s and lectured on subjects ranging from politics, education, and community planning to psychotherapy, religion, and literature.