Writings Corliss Lamont

1 writings

1.1 books authored or co-authored corliss lamont
1.2 books edited or co-edited corliss lamont
1.3 basic pamphlets series
1.4 other pamphlets
1.5 sound recordings
1.6 video

writings

lamont prolific author. wrote, co-wrote, edited, or co-edited more 2 dozen books , dozens of pamphlets, , wrote thousands of letters newspapers, magazines, , journals on significant social issues during lifelong campaign peace , civil rights.

in 1935 published illusion of immortality (originally published in 1932 issues of immortality: study in implications), revised version of doctoral dissertation. according james leuba book considered remain standard work on subject , shows conclusively arguments immortality totally insufficient. lamont argued people can live satisfactory lives without belief in life after death , human life may recognized more precious if realized comes once each man.

his famous work philosophy of humanism (originally published in 1949 humanism philosophy), in eighth edition. published intimate portraits of john dewey, john masefield, , george santayana.

books authored or co-authored corliss lamont

a humanist funeral service isbn 0-87975-090-1 (revised beth k. lamont , j. sierra oliva , republished in fourth revised edition in 2011 humanist funeral service , celebration isbn 978-1-61614-409-8)
a humanist wedding service isbn 0-87975-000-6 third revised edition 1981 (previous editions: 1972, 1970) 29 pages
a lifetime of dissent (buffalo, prometheus books, 1988, 414 pages) library of congress catalog card number: 88-15100 isbn 0-87975-463-x
freedom freedom does: civil liberties in america (1956), foreword bertrand russell, reprint fourth ed. 1990, continuum publishing company, isbn 0-8264-0475-8; third printing, 1981 isbn 0-8180-0350-2
freedom of choice affirmed third revised edition 1990 (previous editions: 1969, 1967) library of congress catalog card number 67-27793 (third revised edition) isbn 0-8264-0476-6 (third revised edition)
lover s credo: poems of love (1972), 1983 edition: isbn 0-87233-068-0, 1994: william l. bauhan, isbn 0-87233-114-8, online version in html format
remembering john masefield revised edition 1991 (previous edition: 1971) introduction judith masefield, library of congress catalog card number 91-4429 isbn 0-8264-0478-2
russia day day: travel diary (co-authored margaret lamont) (new york, covici friede, 1933)
soviet civilization (new york, philosophical library, 1952), dedicated albert rhys williams
illusion of immortality, introduction john dewey, (1935), 5th edition 1990, continuum publishing company, isbn 0-8044-6377-8 (originally published in 1932 issues of immortality: study in implications)
the independent mind: essays of humanist philosopher (new york, horizon press, 1951, 187 pages)
the peoples of soviet union (new york, harcourt, brace , company, 1946)
the philosophy of humanism, (1949), 1965 edition: ungar pub co isbn 0-8044-5595-3, 7th rev. edition 1990: continuum publishing company, isbn 0-8044-6379-4, 8th rev. edition (with gender neutral references editors beverley earles , beth k. lamont) 1997 humanist press isbn 0-931779-07-3, online version in adobe acrobat pdf format (originally published in 1949 humanism philosophy)
voice in wilderness: collected essays of fifty years (buffalo, prometheus books, 1974, 327 pages) library of congress catalog card number: 74-75351 isbn 0-87975-060-x
yes life: memoirs of corliss lamont (1981), horizon press: isbn 0-8180-0232-8, rev. edition 1991: isbn 0-8264-0477-4 library of congress catalog card number 91-4430
you might socialism: way of life modern man, (1939), (published re-introduction beth k. lamont lefties in right minds on may 18, 2009 half-moon foundation, inc. isbn 978-0-578-00782-3 online pdf version

books edited or co-edited corliss lamont

albert rhys williams, september 28, 1883 - february 27, 1962: in memoriam (1962, new york, horizon press)
collected poems of john reed (edited , foreword corliss lamont) (westport, conn., lawrence hill & company, 1985)
dear corliss : letters eminent persons (buffalo, prometheus books, 1990, 202 pages)
dialogue on george santayana (edited corliss lamont assistance of mary redmer) (new york, horizon press, 1959)
dialogue on john dewey (edited corliss lamont assistance of mary redmer) (new york, horizon press, 1959)
helen lamb lamont: memorial tribute (new york, horizon press, 1976)
letters of john masefield florence lamont (edited corliss lamont , lansing lamont) (new york, columbia university press, 1979, isbn 978-0231047067; new york, palgrave macmillan, 1980, isbn 978-0333257555)
man answers death: anthology of poetry introduction louis untermeyer (new york, philosophical library, 1952)
studies on india , vietnam (written helen b. lamb , edited corliss lamont) (new york, monthly review press, 1976, isbn 978-0853453840)
the thomas lamonts in america recollections , poems john masefield (originally published in 1962 thomas lamont family) (cranbury, new jersey, a. s. barns , co., inc. , london, england, thomas yoseloff ltd, 1971, isbn 0-498-07882-5)
the trial of elizabeth gurley flynn american civil liberties union (edited , introduction corliss lamont) (new york, horizon press, 1968) (modern reader/monthly review press, 1969)

basic pamphlets series

aside books, on course of more half-century, corliss lamont authored, co-authored, or edited approximately 3 dozen pamphlets on variety of subjects. prominent among these basic pamphlets series, privately published dr. lamont , sold directly him through mail order via local post office box in new york. there 29 numbered titles in basic pamphlets series, listed below pamphlet number.

other pamphlets

in addition basic pamphlets series, corliss lamont wrote number of other pamphlets, partial list of appears below.

on understanding soviet russia (new york, friends of soviet union, 1934, 32 pages) online pdf version
socialist planning in soviet russia (new york, friends of soviet union, 1935, 40 pages)
soviet russia , religion (new york, international pamphlets, 1936, 24 pages)
soviet russia versus nazi germany: study in contrasts (new york, american council on soviet relations, first edition august 1941 - second edition march 1942, 52 pages)
soviet russia , post-war world (new york, national council of american-soviet friendship, first edition may 1943 - second edition may 1944, 36 pages)
soviet aggression: myth or reality? (new york, self-published, june 1951, 16 pages)
why not communist (new york, self-published, january 1952, 20 pages)

sound recordings

author corliss lamont sings family & friends, medley of favorite hit songs american musicals includes 36 musical selections (smithsonian folkways, 1977, stock number fw03567)

video

corliss lamont , pete seeger (1992, run time 00:10:05) jonathan heap (a grandchild of lamont) (mp4)




^ leuba, james. (1935). illusion of immortality corliss lamont. journal of religion. vol. 15, no. 3. pp. 323-325.
^ sellars, roy. (1951). illusion of immortality corliss lamont. philosophy , phenomenological research. vol. 11, no. 3. pp. 444-445.