The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War

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November 01 2021 The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War. Sarah Roth Sarah Roth Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Sarah Roth Online Issn: 1531-3298 Print Issn: 1520-3972 © 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2021by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Journal of Cold War Studies (2021) 23 (4): 263–265. https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws_r_01053 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation Sarah Roth; The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War. Journal of Cold War Studies 2021; 23 (4): 263–265. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws_r_01053 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsJournal of Cold War Studies Search Advanced Search In September 1960, after the publisher of the magazine Musical America asked the presidential candidates for their views about music, then-Senator John F. Kennedy sent a letter declaring, “There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts. The age of Pericles was also the age of Phidias. The age of Lorenzo de Medici was also the age of Leonardo da Vinci. The age of Elizabeth is also the age of Shakespeare.” Louis Menand's The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War serves as an intellectual successor to Kennedy's hypothesis about the relationship between civil society and creativity. Menand's book is not about why culture... © 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2021by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology You do not currently have access to this content.