![]() | The Conservative Turn: Lionel Trilling, Whittaker Chambers, and the Lessons of Anti-Communism Subjects: Trilling Lionel 1905–1975 -- Political and social views; Chambers Whittaker -- Political and social views; Right and left (Political science); Communism -- United States -- History; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; The Conservative Turn tells the story of postwar America's political evolution through two fascinating figures: Lionel Trilling and Whittaker Chambers. Born at the turn of the twentieth century, they were college classmates who went on to intellectual prominence, sharing the questions, crises, and challenges of their generation. |
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