Lewis Lapham
American journalist who edited Harper's Magazine for three decades and turned it into the foremost venue for political and cultural essays. Lapham's Quarterly collected his reflections on history and the present. His essays combined classical learning with caustic observations on American democracy and empire.
Works
- Money and Class in AmericaEssays analyzing the relationship between wealth, class, and American identity
- Imperial MasqueradeEssays on American foreign policy and imperial power and hypocrisy
- Lapham's QuarterlyLiterary journal of essays, interviews, and cultural commentary
- Theater of WarEssays examining war, rhetoric, and American political culture and conflict
- The Age of FollyEssays on cultural decline, folly, and political dishonesty in America