Hook, Sidney, 1965-1989

1965-1969, 1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1989. Correspondence with Professor Sidney Hook, Department of Philosophy at New York University. Konvitz and Hook discuss scholarly and social issues in detail. This correspondence includes discussions regarding secular humanism (November 9, 1980); discrimination against hiring Jewish professors by prestigious American colleges and universities (March 12, 1979); student activism on American campuses; black activism at Cornell (January 19, 1969); the trial which Bertrand Russell, Sartre, and other Europeans were planning to stage in opposition to the war in Vietnam (August 19, 1966); and Hook's detailed criticisms of chapters of Konvitz's Expanding Liberties. Also includes comments on each other's publications, papers, and addresses. Includes related materials such as reprints and personal correspondence.