Specifically, he traces the connection between the rise to dominance of analytic philosophy and the rise of Cold War anticommunism and conformism. 'John McCumber takes us on a much-needed first step toward confronting the effect of American politics on American philosophy. : Time and Philosophy: A History of Continental Thought (9781844652754) by McCumber, John and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. This book will, rightly, cause a lot of squirming.' -Garry Wills, author of Nixon Agonistes and Lincoln at Gettysburg But people squirm when this truth is applied to particular (and especially to controversial) episodes. Time and Philosophy: Author: McCumber John: Language: English: ISBN: 9781844652754 / 9781844652761 / 9781317547914: File Size: 2.

His most recent books are Time in the Ditch: American Philosophy and the McCarthy. Some of these events, indeed, lie centuries in the past: the death of Socrates, which inspired me to go into philosophy, is one of them. Shameful conduct requires rationalizations, which broaden out. John McCumber is Distinguished Professor of Germanic Languages at UCLA. 'Everyone admits in the abstract that behavior affects belief. McCarthyism, and the complicity with McCarthyism adopted by the APA and the AAUP especially, has deflected American philosophy from that important and distinctive of philosophic tasks: 'know thyself.'' - Philosophical Studies The common theme taken up in each text is how philosophical thought should respond to time. Indeed, McCumber delineates how and why the intellectual power of American philosophy has suffered more than did the goals, methods and contents of other disciplines where similar witch hunts occurred. He explores how the goals, methods, and contents of philosophy have to this day been distorted and impoverished by McCarthyism. He describes how it shaped the lives of both individual philosophers and philosophic institutions. 'John McCumber provides a fascinating and compelling analysis of the effects of McCarthyism on American philosophy.

Time and Philosophy by John McCumber