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THE FIRE NEXT TIME, by James Baldwin (Delta, $1.65).
Few books sear the American consciousness quite like "The Fire Next Time." It is a little book, scarcely more than an essay. It appeared about a year ago, and it has commanded considerable attention, as well as giving new impetus to the career of its author, James Baldwin.
There are two parts to "The Fire Next Time," one a letter to Baldwin's nephew on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, the other a "Letter From a Region in My Mind." The first appeared originally in The Progressive, the second in the New Yorker. The first, while eloquent, may be dismissed with relatively no comment. The fire and the acid and the excitement are in the second.
It is in this essay that Baldwin gives us his views of the Black Muslim movement and records the Black Muslim views of the white man. It is also here that we hear about Baldwin the boy preacher who got religion and assisted his hated father in preaching in their primitive store-front church two decades ago.
SILENT SPRING, by Rachel Carson (Crest, 75 cents).
The furor over this book still has not abated. It appeared more than a year ago, and its appearance in paperback should keep the pesticide controversy active for some time.
Rachel Carson wrote this book with excellent qualifications as a scientist and naturalist. She wrote it from strong presumptions about what she viewed as the evils of chemical pest-killers. Her detractors and defenders took up arms late in 1962 and are still at it.
"Silent Spring" makes a plea to both public and private sources to avoid indiscriminate use of pesticides. Such use, she fears, could eventually destroy life on earth. Already, the balance of nature has been upset, Miss Carson feels.
A HISTORY OF MODERN POLITICAL CONSTITUTIONS, by C. F. Strong (Capricorn, $1.95).
The first American edition of this work appeared only in 1963, and this is an attractive paperback, printed on excellent paper. It should prove of great service to the student of government.
C. F. Strong is a British teacher and author of several books in history. The present volume is an introductory guide which covers the background, nature and function of political constitutions. It has a study of the origins and development of the British and American constitutions; the constitutions of the fourth and fifth French republics, the Italian republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, the U.S.S.R. and other Communist states.
It also considers the British commonwealth of nations, the new states in Asia and Africa, and the charter of the United Nations.
THE MANAGERIAL REVOLUTION, by James Burnham (Midland; Indiana University Press; 8.195).
Though this now-famous book would seem to bear some relationship to a work like Whyte's "The Organization Man" it was conceived in a way quite different from viewing American society in the 1950s. James Burnham wrote the book in 1940, out of his own experience in the revolution of communism, and the original inspiration came from his feeling that the Soviet Union, far from being a worker's union, was one belonging to the managers.
This, it should be remembered, was in a time of not only Communist ferment but also of Nazism and the New Deal. Burnham looked about even further and concluded that what was emerging in the world was a managerial society quite different from the classical definitions of capitalism and socialism.
He accordingly examines several societies and predicts the emergence of a new ruling class, the managers. He predicts, too, that American capitalism and Soviet communism would become, in time, societies greatly similar in their managerial aspects.
THE GREAT RELIGIONS BY WHICH MEN LIVE, by Floyd H. Ross and Tynette Hills (Premier, 60 cents).
Here is a small but thoughtful handbook that gives some basic interpretations of world religions for the student. Ross and Mrs. Hills bring their own religious and educational backgrounds to bear in such a way that the reader sees that many world religions—not just one—can provide insight and comfort and practical help.
The strokes are quite broad, for the authors do not break down religious beliefs into tiny sects. Basically the religions discussed are these: Brahmanic Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, Shintoism, Judaism and Islam.
The authors suggest that the only valid religions are those which have some meaning for all mankind, that the narrow belief which shuts out all other thought is of little value. They oppose the tendency of religions to be at war with each other, in a battle to the death.
WILD AMERICA, by Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher (Sentry, $2.85).
Garnished with beautiful woodcuts in an almost harsh black and white, this is truly one of the most attractive paperbacks available. Peterson did the illustrations, and both he and Fisher are distinguished naturalists, who have written and explored extensively.
"Wild America" describes a 30,000-mile journey, one that does not spend its time on the cities but examines nature instead. Peterson and Fisher started on the Atlantic and went west, and visited national parks, monuments, fish and wildlife refuges, bird sanctuaries, and anything else that to them seemed conservation
The trip lasted 14 weeks. The reader is taken across the land, seeing natural beauties, birds, animals and flowers, along wild trails, through New England and into the southern Appalachians, the everglades, the wilderness, the desert.
the country of the big trees, Crater Lake. Yosemite, the seal islands and so on.
There probably is no more zealous guardian of the American people, than William O. Douglas. He makes the far right impatient, and sometimes he sounds as though he wants to go John Stuart Mill one better. But he is a vigilant watchdog, and a good man to have around.
THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE. by William O. Douglas (Pyramid, 50 cents).
"The Right of the People" is a learned but warm discussion of the meaning of liberty in a free society. There are three central concerns voiced here—for freedom of expression, for the right to bet let alone, and for the supremacy of the civilian authority over the military.
In dealing with these, Justice Douglas discusses the meaning of the first amendment, of censorship, right of privacy, legislative investigations, loyalty oaths, religious freedom, the right to defy an unconstitutional law, review by civilian courts, jurisdiction of military tribunals over civilians, and martial law.
In these troubled sixties, when ethical and moral values are upset, when many men seem to be losing their identity in a superhighway civilization (if you miss the turn at the cloverleaf you have to go miles to get back on the track), it is well to consider the force of psychoanalysis in our lives.
The task of Hendrick M. Ruitenbeek was to assemble 25 writings on psychoanalysis that bear on our culture and are not ornated only for the technically trained. Though this is not light summer-type reading, it should be of special interest to students of American culture and American values.
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CULTURE, edited by Hendrick M. Ruitenbeek (Delta, $2.45).
THE WASTE MAKERS, by Vance Packard (Cardinal, 60 cents).
In this one Vance Packard has another go at contemporary American society, and where he cracked at status seeking and motivational researchers in previous books he strikes hard at built-in obsolescence in this one.
Deliberate waste is his target, and Americans who get stuck with lemons of all kinds will sympathize, and read with indignation. Consumption is the great glory for many Americans, and we need constant reminders that materialism by itself is a goal that shatters civilizations.
Packard offers more than indignation, he offers advice as well. And even those who will dislike his message probably will read about it with absorption.
ONE MAN'S MEAT, by E. B.
White (Harper Torchbooks, $1.85).
Some of the warmest, sharpest,
most discerning writing of our time
is in this new paperback. E. B.
White holds rank with Robert
Benchley and James Thurber as a
humorist of the 20th century,
and this book, published in 1942,
contains some of his best work.
tans of it appeared originally in the New Yorker, for White has been a New Yorker mainstay for many years. It is not funny-ha-ha stuff, because some readers will have to probe a bit to see why they are amused.
There is some exaggeration, a lot that paints the distinctions between country and city folk, essays on the weather, on the movies, on war, birds and country life. All of it is quiet and charming and quite revealing of life in America of a quarter of a century ago.
THE TELEVISION WRITER, by Erik Barnouw (Hill and Wang, $1.45).
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