Lecture for Huntington Library ‘brown bag’ series: Robert Boyle and the Exploration of the Country of ‘Frigor.’ Huntington Library, San Marino, California
American Iconoclast: The Life and Times of Eric Hoffer
“Excellent new biography …. [Hoffer’s] name has gradually faded from view. Yet, as his biographer points out, Hoffer continues to contribute insightful ideas and opinions to society, which is why we ought to look to his writings once again.” – The New Criterion, September 2012 Known as the longshoreman philosopher, Eric Hoffer was a beloved […]
Rumspringa, To Be Or Not To Be Amish
“Shachtman is like a maestro, masterfully conducting an orchestra of history, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and journalism together in a harmonious and evocative symphony of all things Amish.” – Christian Science Monitor. Now in paperback. A favored title of book discussion groups, for dialogues on faith, morals, and the difficulty of raising teenagers. Some additional excerpted […]
The Most Beautiful Villages of New England
The Inarticulate Society
“A perceptive and disturbing book …. Our inability to use language articulately has consequences beyond aesthetics, says Shachtman. It threatens the survival of democracy ….. Loss of analytic capacity makes us easy prey for Big Brother and his Orwellian gang.” — Washington Post Book World Originally published in 1995, THE INARTICULATE SOCIETY: ELOQUENCE AND […]
The Forty Years War
THE FORTY YEARS WAR, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE NEOCONS FROM NIXON TO OBAMA, by Len Colodny and Tom Shachtman. Now in paperback. “An eye-opening, provocative history of the neoconservative movement from its little-known role in Richard Nixon’s downfall through its ultimate expression in the preemptive war in Iraq.” — History Book Club News […]