The New York Intellectuals were a group of American writers and literary critics based in New York City in the mid-20th century. They were an early formation of the Synthetic Left, as they were staunchly anti-Stalin and anti-USSR while maintaining left-wing aesthetics.
Trotskyism emerged as the main standpoint among them. Irving Kristol, Irving Howe, Seymour Martin Lipset, Leslie Fiedler and Nathan Glazer were members of the Trotskyist Young People's Socialist League.
Some, including Kristol, Hook, and Podhoretz, later became key figures in the development of Neoconservatism.[1]
References
- ↑ Hartman, Andrew (2015). A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226379234.