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Politics

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Overview

Politics, stylized as politics, was a journal founded and edited by Dwight Macdonald from 1944 to 1949. Macdonald had previously been editor at Partisan Review from 1937 to 1943, but after falling out with its publishers, quit to start politics as a rival publication, first on a monthly basis and then as a quarterly. politics published essays on politics and culture and included among its contributors James Agee, John Berryman, Bruno Bettelheim, Paul Goodman, C. Wright Mills, Mary McCarthy, Marianne Moore, Irving Howe, Daniel Bell, and Hannah Arendt. The journal reflected Macdonald's interest in European culture. He used politics to introduce US readers to the thinking of the French philosopher Simone Weil, publishing several articles by her, including "A Poem of Force", her reflections on the Iliad. He also printed work by Albert Camus. Another European, the Italian political and literary critic Nicola Chiaromonte, was also given space in the journal.

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Notable quotes

“He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin, whether a state or anything else, will obtain the clearest view of them.”
— Aristotle, Politics: The Polis (350BCE)
“The true destiny of America is religious, not political: it is spiritual, not physical.”
— in Ensign (November 1968)
“Politics is nothing but common action to secure more favorable living conditions.”
— H. Beam Piper, Last Enemy (1950), reprinted in The Complete Paratime, , p. 81
“A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics.”
— Harry Truman, reported in Merle Miller, Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman (1974), p. 422.
“Every time I fill a vacant office I make ten malcontents and one ingrate.”
— Molière, quoting Louis XIV, Siècle de Louis Quatorze.
“Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.”
— Harry S. Truman.—William Hillman, Mr. President: The First Publication from the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman, p. 198 (1952).

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Overview

Politics, stylized as politics, was a journal founded and edited by Dwight Macdonald from 1944 to 1949. Macdonald had previously been editor at Partisan Review from 1937 to 1943, but after falling out with its publishers, quit to start politics as a rival publication, first on a monthly basis and then as a quarterly. politics published essays on politics and culture and included among its contributors James Agee, John Berryman, Bruno Bettelheim, Paul Goodman, C. Wright Mills, Mary McCarthy, Marianne Moore, Irving Howe, Daniel Bell, and Hannah Arendt. The journal reflected Macdonald's interest in European culture. He used politics to introduce US readers to the thinking of the French philosopher Simone Weil, publishing several articles by her, including "A Poem of Force", her reflections on the Iliad. He also printed work by Albert Camus. Another European, the Italian political and literary critic Nicola Chiaromonte, was also given space in the journal.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin, whether a state or anything else, will obtain the clearest view of them.”
— Aristotle, Politics: The Polis (350BCE)
“The true destiny of America is religious, not political: it is spiritual, not physical.”
— in Ensign (November 1968)
“Politics is nothing but common action to secure more favorable living conditions.”
— H. Beam Piper, Last Enemy (1950), reprinted in The Complete Paratime, , p. 81
“A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics.”
— Harry Truman, reported in Merle Miller, Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman (1974), p. 422.
“Every time I fill a vacant office I make ten malcontents and one ingrate.”
— Molière, quoting Louis XIV, Siècle de Louis Quatorze.
“Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.”
— Harry S. Truman.—William Hillman, Mr. President: The First Publication from the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman, p. 198 (1952).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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