Max LERNER

Background

Lerner, Max was born on December 20, 1902 in Minsk, Russia. Son of Benjamin and Bessie (Podel) Lerner. came to the United States, 1907.

Education

AB, Yale University, 1923; student law, Yale University, 1923-1924; AM, Washington University, St. Louis, 1925; Doctor of Philosophy, Robert Brookings Graduate School Economics and Government, Washington, 1927.

Career

In 1925. He earned a doctorate from the Brookings Institution in 1927 and began work as an editor:

Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences (1927-1932)

The Nation (1936-1938)

Prime Minister (1943-1948)

Lerner"s most influential book was America as a Civilization: Life and Thought in the United States Today (1957). Lerner was a strong advocate of the New Deal during the 1930s. His column for the New York Post debuted in 1949.

lieutenant earned him a place on the master list of Nixon political opponents.

During most of his career he was considered a liberal. In his later years, however, he was seen as something of a conservative, due to expressing support for the Reagan administration.

He taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Harvard University, Williams College, United States International University, the University of Notre Dame, and Brandeis University. He is referenced in the lyrics to Philosophy Ochs" song "Love Maine, I"m a Liberal": "You know, I"ve memorized Lerner and Golden."

His book The Unfinished Country is a collection of over 200 of his daily columns, which were written for the New York Post over the span of more than a decade.

The Unfinished Country contains one of his better-known quotes: "The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt."

His 1990 book Wrestling with the Angel was about his long struggle with illness.

Achievements

• Max Lerner has been listed as a notable author, columnist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Wrestling with the Angel: A Memoir of My Triumph Over Illness

    (Journalist Max Lerner writes a stunningly honest account ...)

  • The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes: His Speeches, Essays, Letters, and Judicial Opinions

    (Selected and edited with introduction and commentary by M...)

  • The_mind_and_faith_of_justice_holmes

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • The_mind_and_faith_of_justice_holmes - Primary Source Edition

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • America As a Civilization

    (Life and Thought in the United States Today)

  • Education and a Radical Humanism: Notes Toward a Theory of the Educational Crisis

    (Book by Lerner, Max)

  • Ideas are Weapons: The History and Uses of Ideas

    (Book by Lerner, Max)

  • The Age of Overkill, a preface to world politics

    (Political Science)

  • Education and a Radical Humanism : Notes Toward a Theory of the Educational Crisis(Hardback) - 2011 Edition

    (New)

  • The Portable Veblen the essence of the work and thought of one of America's great original thinkers

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  • Ideas Are Weapons the History and Uses of Ideas

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  • Ideas are weapons: The history and use of ideas
  • The age of overkill;: A preface to world politics
  • The Age of Overkill by Lerner, Max by Lerner, Max
  • Ideas for the Ice Age, Studies in a Revolutionary Era
  • The Unfinished Country: A Book of American Symbols
  • Ideas for the Ice Age
  • Ted and the Kennedy Legend: A Study in Character and Destiny
  • The age of overkill: A preface to world politics
  • Ideas Are Weapons: The History and Uses of Ideas by Max Lerner (1991-01-01)
  • Essential Works of John Stuart Mill.
  • Essential Works of John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism; Autobiography on Liberty; The Utility of Religion

Membership

Social Science Faculty Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville (New York) 1932-1936.

Connections

Married Anita Marburg, July 20, 1928 (divorced 1940). Children: Constance, Pamela (deceased), Joanna. Married Edna Albers, August 16, 1941.

Children: Michael, Stephen, Adam.

Father:

Benjamin Lerner

Mother:

Bessie (Podel) Lerner

Spouse:

Anita Marburg

Spouse:

Edna Albers

child:

Joanna Lerner

child:

Adam Lerner

child:

Michael Lerner

child:

Stephen Lerner

child:

Constance Lerner

child:

Pamela Lerner (deceased)