简介：Fromcafeteriastococktailpartiestothepagesofimportantmagazinesandjournals,fewgroupsoffriendshavearguedideassopassionatelyandsopubliclyasthewritersandcriticsknownastheNewYorkIntellectuals.RisingfromAmerica'sworkingclasstheywentontowieldgreatinfluenceinthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury.ARGUINGTHEWORLDistheportraitoffourmembersofthisgroup:IrvingKristol,IrvingHowe,DanielBell,andNathanGlazer.ItisthestoryofalifelongpoliticalargumentamongbrilliantandengagingindividualswhocameofageasradicalsattheCityCollegeofNewYorkduringtheGreatDepressionandthenjourneyedacrossthepoliticalspectrum. Tracingtheirrisetoprominenceaspoliticalandculturalcriticsinpost-warAmericathroughmagazinesandjournalslikePartisanReviewandCommentarythefilmchartstheirpaththroughthecontroversiesoftheColdWarandJoeMcCarthy'sreignofterror,theirclashwiththetidalforcesoftheNewLeftoncollegecampusesinthe60s,andthefightswhichpulledthemapartinthemidstoftheconservativebacklashhailedbyRonaldReagan'spresidencyintheeighties.Drivenapartbytheirresponsestothesehistoricalevents,bytheninetiesthefourfoundthemselvesatoddswithoneanother.IrvingKristolbecameinfluentialinAmerica'sresurgentconservativemovement,NathanGlazer,aforcefulcriticofliberalsocialpolicy,whileDanielBellfoughttodefendabesiegedliberalism.Untilhisdeathin1993,IrvingHowe,everonthepoliticalmargins,enduredasakeyvoiceoftheradicalLeft. Weavingpersonalreminiscence,locationphotography,archivalfootage,imagesofNewYorkandthevoicesoffriendsandcritics,ARGUINGTHEWORLDexploresthepassions,theissuesandtheerathatshapedthesemen.…