Intellectuals and the Flags

Gitlin's liberal patriotism is an affirmation of membership in our society and of participation in the American experiment. -- Elbert Ventura Cleveland Plain Dealer What else could Gitlin do but resemble the greats? He's a force. -- Tony Dokoupil New York Press If you are tired of a left politics assigned to the margins... buy this book. And then get to work. -- Stewart Nusbaumer Intervention Magazine A blunt, frank analysis of the current state of the left. -- Jim Agnew Jagnew.com Todd Gitlin's The Intellectuals and the Flag is illuminating. -- Gerald Russello New York Sun His insights and perceptions strike me as succinct, on target, clear-eyed and revelatory. -- Sam Coale Providence Journal Gitlin is certainly a thoughtful, intelligent, and important critic... Recommended. Choice The Intellectuals and the Flag proves that social criticism of a high caliber has not completely disappeared from American public life. -- Alan Wolfe Commonweal [A] valuable book, well worth reading and pondering. -- Wilfred M. McClay Claremont Review of Books A particularly eloquent rendering of the inevitable and proper post-9/11 patriotism that affected the left no less than the right or center. Chronicle of Higher Education