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Dwight Macdonald

Born

in New York City, The United States

March 24, 1906

Died

November 29, 1982

Genre

Politics, Philosophy, Social Criticism

Influences

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Dwight Macdonald (March 24, 1906 – December 19, 1982) was an American writer, editor, film critic, social critic, philosopher, and political radical. Macdonald was a member of the New York Intellectuals and editor of their leftist magazine Partisan Review for six years. He also contributed to other New York publications including Time, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and politics, a journal which he founded in 1944.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 877 ratings · 132 reviews · 68 distinct works • Similar authors

	Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain (New York Review Books Classics) by Dwight Macdonald, Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the A (Editor), Louis Menand (Introduction) 3.87 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 1962 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Root Is Man (New Autonomy Series) 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1953 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Movies by Dwight Macdonald, John Simon (Introduction) 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1969 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parodies: An Anthology by Dwight Macdonald, Veronica Geng (Editor) 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1960 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discriminations: Essays And Afterthoughts 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Responsibility of Peoples and Other Essays in Political Criticism 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1957 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of a Revolutionist: Essays in Political Criticism 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1957 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ford Foundation: The Men and the Millions 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Politics Past (A Viking compass book) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MASSCULT & MIDCULT An Inquiry Into American "Popular Culture" and the Role of Middlebrows in Changing Cultural Values 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion”
― Dwight MacDonald

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“Lots of writers are fascinated by evil and write copiously about it, but they are bored by virtue; this not only limits their scope but prevents a satisfactory account of evil, which can no more be comprehended apart from good than light can be comprehended apart from darkness.”
― Dwight Macdonald, Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain

tags: criticism, essays, literary-criticism, literature, nonfiction

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“There is nothing more vulgar than sophisticated kitsch.”
― Dwight Macdonald

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