Memoirs of a Revolutionist Political Science and 43 similar items

This is the third Meridian printing of Dwight Macdonald's collection of essays from Politics magazine, dated December 1963. "Don?t be alarmed by the title! These are not the memoirs of a revolutionist. What surprised me most was to discover that the 'revolutionary' interlude in Mr. Macdonald?s life was so brief. He did not begin to study Marxist literature until the late 30?s; he was a member of the Trotskyist movement for only two years (1939-1941); and by 1944, when he founded his own magazine, Politics, he was no longer a revolutionist at all, but an angry individualist and a kindly moral pacifist. This record, it seems to me, shows again how some people tend to exaggerate the significance of the brief interlude during which American intellectuals were experimenting with radical ideas. Mr. Macdonald?s professional life is securely anchored elsewhere. For seven years he was a staff writer for Fortune, and since 1949 he has been a staff writer for the New Yorker: both solid, respectable pillars of bourgeois society." - Hans Meyerhoff, Commentary, 1957 The book has slight wear around the edges. The spine is bent indicating that it was probably read many years ago, but has since flattened out under a pile of books. It is in solid shape. A selling note on the back reads "This book is sewn for durability." I could not find any writing or highlighting inside, although the title page has an embossed seal reading "Library of Bob Trimble RGT." Reviews and a synopsis can be read on the back cover of the book in the second photo of this listing's gallery.