The Philosophy Scare
The Politics of Reason in the Early Cold War
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Prologue
Introduction
Part 1 The Cudgels of Freedom: Cold War Philosophy’s Theory of Objects
1 Academic Stealth in the Early Cold War
2 Reductionism as the Favored Form of Naturalism
Part 2 The Carrots of Reason: Cold War Philosophy’s Theory of Subjects
3 The Politics of Rational Choice
4 Rational Choice Philosophy as “Scientific Philosophy”
Part 3 Purifying the Academy
5 Organizing Academic Repression: The California Plan
6 Rationalizing Academic Repression: The Allen Formula
Epilogue: The Two Fates of Cold War Philosophy
Appendix: Roster of UCLA Philosophy Department from 1947–48 to 1959–60
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index
Philosophy: American Philosophy | General Philosophy | History and Classic Works
Political Science: Political and Social Theory
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