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Guide to the Max Nomad Papers TAM.017
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Nomad, Max |
| Source
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Nomad, Max |
| Title: |
Max Nomad Papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1902-1967 |
| Abstract: |
Max Nomad (1881-1973) philosophic anarchist, author and educator, who also wrote under
the pseudonym Max Norton was born in 1881 in Buczacz, Poland. He was influenced by
the thought of Waclaw Machajski, a heretical Polish radical. Prior to WWI he was a
native of Austria and attended the University of Vienna. A Guggenheim Fellow in 1937,
and for many years a lecturer in politics and history at New York University, the
New School for Social Research and the Rand School, his books include Rebels and Renegades,
Apostles of Revolution; Dreamers, Dynamiters and Demagogues; Political Heretics from
Plato to Mao Tse-Tung; A Skeptics Political Dictionary and Handbook for the Disenchanted;
and Aspects of Revolution. The papers contain manuscripts, clippings, a scrapbook,
published material, and course descriptions. The material concerns communism, Latin
America, world prominent radicals, and personal philosophy. There is also an unpublished
biography of Stalin, notes on the Soviet Union and the Communist Party thereof, and
essays.
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| Quantity: |
2.25 Linear Feet (6 boxes) |
| Call Phrase: |
TAM.017 |
