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ThisarticleenhancesmyknowledgeonMichaelWreszinspastandcontributionstoQueens

College.Hewasahistorianforfortyyearseducatingstudentsonthetheradicalmovementsof

thetwentiethcentury.Hispresenceinqueenscollegegavethestudentsapositiveoutlookon

americanhistoryregardingcivilrights,womensrights,andthegay/lesbianrights.Thisarticleis

usefulinexpressingthebiggestcontributionstothecollege.

Sumner,GregoryD."ResistingDehumanization."Ed.MichaelWreszin.NewPolitics6.2

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ThisarticleexplainstheeffortsofDwightMacdonaldonchangingthewaypeoplesawpolitics

andtoavoidthisdehumanization.Hisstudyisaboutthis"terrifyingworld"asthemeaningof

eventsgrippedtheimaginationofagroupofyoungAmericansandEuropeansduringWorld

WarIIandtheimmediatepostwaryears.Itfocusesonagroupofwritersandreadersbrought

togetherbyDwightandNancyMacdonald.ThisconnectstoMr.Wreszinbecausehetoo

believedinMacdonaldsviewsandwashisbiographer.

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ThissourcedescribeswhoMr.Wreszintrulywasandwhathebelievedin.Mr.Wreszin,a

historyprofessoratQueensCollegeandanantiwaractivisthimself,wasastudentofthe

Americanleftandthemanyideologicalmovementscompetingfordominanceofitbetweenthe

1920sand1960s,includingsocialism,communism,libertarianismandanarchism.Hisstrong

beliefsarewhatinfluencedhiswritingofseveralbooks.

Wreszin,Michael.Introduction.InterviewswithDwightMacdonald.Jackson:Uof

Mississippi,2003.N.pag.Web.

IntheintroductiontheinformationIwasabletoobtainwasregardingDwightMacdonalds

viewsondifferentaspectsofpolitics,notonlyinAmerica.MichaelWreszingatheredmany

interviewswithMacdonaldthatexposethereadertohisviewsindetail.Theseinterviews,

includingoneconductedbyDianaTrilling,spantheyears1960to1980.Theyshowthewide

andpenetratingscopeofMacdonald'sinterests.Including,trotskyism,anarchism,pacifism,

literature,culture,education,theHolocaustandtotalitarianism,filmcriticism,and

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ThisreviewofWreszinsbiographyonDwightMacdonaldprovidesassuranceofWreszins

ideasaswellasgivesinsightonhisthoughtsonMacdonald.Wreszinsawthattherewasadifference

betweenanagitatingactivistandanincisiveculturalcriticandthisexpresseshisknowledgeon

activistsandisabletogiveacleardifferencebetweenaknowledgeableactivistandasocalled

phony.

Wreszin,Micahel."JeanPaulStartre:PhilosopherasDramatist."TheTulaneDramaReview5.3

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ThisreviewexpressesMichaelWreszinscriticalthinkingandanalysisbyshowinghowhis

insightontheideaofaphilosopherasdramatist.Hefindsthatthewholeideaofaphilosopherasa

dramatistisverytrueandthatphilosopherstendtoexaggeratealotoftheirideastoanextentwhichis

unnecessary.

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ThisarticledescribesWreszinsviewontheinterferenceofDwightMacdonaldinAmerican

presenceinEurope.HesideswithMacdonald,asthereisnoreasontogivetheopportunitytoRussiato

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ideas.

Wreszin,Michael.CulturalFreedomVersusCulturalSpin."Review.ReviewsinAmericanHistory

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ThisreviewdemonstratesWreszinsinsightonculturalfreedomandthefreedomtobewhoyou

wish.Heisverycriticalwithhisreviewbytargetingtheidealsoftheauthor.Hefindsthatfreedomisa

lotmorethanhowpeoplevalueit.Heseesitasagiftandsomethingthatshouldbehonoured

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consideringtheradicals.