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Title: Sidney Hook papers,
Date (inclusive): 1902-2002
Collection number: 90003
Creator:
Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989
Collection Size:
193 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 envelopes, 1 phonorecord
(77.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, lecture notes, printed matter, sound recordings, videotape, and photographs, relating
to philosophy, Marxism, communism in the United States and elsewhere, the question of communists in the educational system,
campus disturbances in the 1960s, the Congress for Cultural Freedom and other anti-communist movements, the thought of John
Dewey, principles of education, the nature of academic freedom, and affirmative action programs. Sound use copy of one sound
recording available. Video use copy of videotape available.
Language:
English.
Box 189 and Tapes 19-26 in Box 185 closed.
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[Identification of item], Sidney Hook papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1990.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Philosophy
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
Socialism
Communism
Communism--United States
Communism in education
Student movements--United States
Anti-communist movements
Congress for Cultural Freedom
Dewey, John, 1859-1952
Education
Academic freedom--United States
Liberty
Affirmative action programs
United States--Politics and government
Philosophers
Phonorecords
| 1902, Dec. 20 | Born, New York City |
| 1927 | Ph.D., Columbia University |
| Author, The Metaphysics of Pragmatism | |
| 1927-1969 | Professor of Philosophy, Washington Square College, New York University |
| 1933 | Author, Towards the Understanding of Karl Marx |
| 1936 | Author, From Hegel to Marx |
| 1939 | Author, John Dewey: An Intellectual Portrait |
| 1940 | Author, Reason, Social Myths and Democracy |
| 1943 | Author, The Hero in History |
| 1946 | Author, Education for Modern Man |
| 1948-1969 | Head, All-University Department of Philosophy, New York University |
| 1953 | Author, Heresy, Yes, Conspiracy, No |
| 1955 | Author, Marx and the Marxists |
| 1957 | Author, Common Sense and the Fifth Amendment |
| 1959 | Author, Political Power and Personal Freedom |
| 1961 | Author, The Quest for Being |
| 1962 | Author, The Paradoxes of Freedom |
| 1967 | Author, Religion in a Free Society |
| 1970 | Author, Academic Freedom and Academic Anarchy |
| 1973 | Author, Education and the Taming of Power |
| 1973-1989 | Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace |
| 1974 | Author, Pragmatism and the Tragic Sense of Life |
| 1975 | Author, Revolution, Reform and Social Justice |
| 1980 | Author, Philosophy and Public Policy |
| 1983 | Author, Marxism and Beyond |
| 1987 | Author, Out of Step: An Unquiet Life in the Twentieth Century |
| 1989, July 12 | Died, Stanford, California |
| 1990 | Author, Convictions (published posthumously) |
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, speeches and writings, lecture notes, printed matter, sound recordings, videotape, and photographs, relating
to philosophy, Marxism, communism in the United States and elsewhere, the question of communists in the educational system,
campus disturbances in the 1960s, the Congress for Cultural Freedom and other anti-communist movements, the thought of John
Dewey, principles of education, the nature of academic freedom, and affirmative action programs. Sound use copy of one sound
recording available. Video use copy of videotape available.