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Word: polemicism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Both the question and the reply point up a central problem in the dialogue between Jews and the rest of the world: the meaning of Israel. To non-Jews, modern Israel is simply a nation with an unusual heritage of religious history. For most Jews, though, it is not only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jews: A Plea for Love Without Cause | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

Laing's polemic style and anti-Establishment vision have made him one of the New Left's favorite thinkers, along with Marxist Ideologue Herbert Marcuse and Social Critic Paul Goodman. His reputation in his profession is less secure. Many psychiatrists consider his social extrapolations most unscientific; his nonclinical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Metaphysician of Madness | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

Lycée Level. In his most recent films, Godard has overemphasized polemic at the cost of the cast. In Weekend, for example, windy politics fray some of the film's visionary power. But in Pierrot Le Fou Godard shows that he can coax fine actors into superlative performances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Wanton Flow | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

The Guardian (Manchester/London) -Catalyst to the nonconformist British conscience and representative of the most informed and intelligent sector of British progressive, liberal thought. Not a newspaper to which readers react neutrally, it has de-emphasized news in favor of criticism, interpretation and political polemic.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newspapers: The World's Elite | 1/10/1969 | See Source »

Historic Trio. By and large, such questions troubled busy Americans only during pessimistic moments of crisis and political unrest. Near the turn of the century, however, the search for a usable past that would somehow square the original American ideal with exploitive American practices began to be the constant concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Uses of Yesterday | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

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