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Political scientists Stanley Rothman and S. Robert Lichter have written a new book in which they retrace some of the most significant events of the Sixties, presumably to remind readers of the genuine political transformations spurred by that amalgam of civil rights, anti-war, and university reform groups collectively known as the New Left. After asserting the fundamental importance of the leftist thrust, the authors launch a complex critique of its Jewish leadership on predominantly white campuses, combining a variety of psychological and sociological assessments with an unsubtle desire to expose the "real" motives behind the rhetoric...
...ROTHMAN AND LICHTER gamely confront the historiographical school which catalogues the New Left as merely the peak of some relentless sine curve on a cycle of generational conflict or reformist sentiment. The authors emphasize the restraints on radicalism in America, invoking historian Louis Hartz's conception of a culture which assumes liberalism as a civic religion from the outset. Struggling against the strong currents of moderation, the New Left formulated a coherent criticism of the very premises of the nation's liberal tradition; it thus attracted a massive following of skeptics where earlier 20th century movements on the Left never...
...Rothman and Lichter note in passing, the group put its theory to work in the form of community organizing squads dispatched to galvanize the urban poor. The Economic Research and Action Project (ERAP) sponsored outposts in as many as 10 major cities at its peak and, with its hundreds of volunteers, dominated the SDS agenda through the summer...
...skimen's moments were unquestionably dim--sophomore Albert Leger had Harvard's best showing with a 26th-place finish in she 15-km. cross country race, alpinist Jeff Donahue copped 34th out of 50 in the slalom, and captain David Rothman, in his first race after a back injury, claimed the Crimson's best showing in the giant slalom with his 43rd-out-of-50 finish...
...Rothman's next project is the script of a Hitchcock-like thriller that he says "follows out many of the book's insights." Tentatively entitled "The Mayan Codex," the script is now being read by agents and producers. "It's too soon for me to run to the bank," Rothman admits...