The Correspondent
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The Correspondent was a publication produced at Harvard University
(with no official connection to the university) between 1961 and 1965 with articles and opinion on foreign and defense policy of the U.S. by critics and academics sympathetic to the peace movement. Originally called The Committee of Correspondence Newsletter
, it was edited very briefly by Nathan Glazer
and subsequently by Roger Hagan.
The publication provided a forum for dissent concerning the major issues of the period, particularly the civil defense - thermonuclear war fright and various cold war events, the cybernation issue in its early phases, and the growing focus on a war in Vietnam
with the transition from the Kennedy
to the Johnson
administrations. Editorially it sought to be critical of dominant foreign and defense policy in the mold of its editorial board, while the principal editor, Hagan, considered independent journalist I. F. Stone
his role model.
The most active among its large board of editors were David Riesman
, a professor of sociology a Harvard, whose politics were hard to pin down but who was characterized by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. as primarily a counter-cyclical thinker, and Erich Fromm
, the neo-Freudian psychoanalyst based in New York City
and Mexico who occupied an ideological position few Americans yet understood, a non-communist Marxist. Peak circulation of The Correspondent was about five thousand subscribers, but these were sufficiently effective in national affairs that LIFE
magazine, still a Henry Luce
product, roused itself to editorialize against it. After Hagan left at the end of 1964, moving to Seattle to earn more money in a broadcasting company, the journal, by then a quarterly rather than publishing six or more times a year, was edited by Nancy Evans with participation of Richard Hathaway, Michael Brower, and Barry and Nancy Phillips.
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(with no official connection to the university) between 1961 and 1965 with articles and opinion on foreign and defense policy of the U.S. by critics and academics sympathetic to the peace movement. Originally called The Committee of Correspondence Newsletter
The Committee of Correspondence Newsletter
The Committee of Correspondence Newsletter, later known as The Correspondent, was a publication of the eponymous Committee of Correspondence from 1961 through 1965.-History:...
, it was edited very briefly by Nathan Glazer
Nathan Glazer
Nathan Glazer is an American sociologist who taught at the University of California, Berkeley and for several decades at Harvard University...
and subsequently by Roger Hagan.
The publication provided a forum for dissent concerning the major issues of the period, particularly the civil defense - thermonuclear war fright and various cold war events, the cybernation issue in its early phases, and the growing focus on a war in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
with the transition from the Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
to the Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
administrations. Editorially it sought to be critical of dominant foreign and defense policy in the mold of its editorial board, while the principal editor, Hagan, considered independent journalist I. F. Stone
I. F. Stone
Isidor Feinstein Stone was an iconoclastic American investigative journalist. He is best remembered for his self-published newsletter, I. F...
his role model.
The most active among its large board of editors were David Riesman
David Riesman
David Riesman , was a sociologist, attorney, and educator....
, a professor of sociology a Harvard, whose politics were hard to pin down but who was characterized by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. as primarily a counter-cyclical thinker, and Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm
Erich Seligmann Fromm was a Jewish German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was associated with what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical theory.-Life:Erich Fromm was born on March 23, 1900, at Frankfurt am...
, the neo-Freudian psychoanalyst based in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and Mexico who occupied an ideological position few Americans yet understood, a non-communist Marxist. Peak circulation of The Correspondent was about five thousand subscribers, but these were sufficiently effective in national affairs that LIFE
Life (magazine)
Life generally refers to three American magazines:*A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936. Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name....
magazine, still a Henry Luce
Henry Luce
Henry Robinson Luce was an influential American publisher. He launched and closely supervised a stable of magazines that transformed journalism and the reading habits of upscale Americans...
product, roused itself to editorialize against it. After Hagan left at the end of 1964, moving to Seattle to earn more money in a broadcasting company, the journal, by then a quarterly rather than publishing six or more times a year, was edited by Nancy Evans with participation of Richard Hathaway, Michael Brower, and Barry and Nancy Phillips.