Pamphlets by Corliss Lamont

Over the course of more than a half-century, Corliss Lamont authored, co-authored, or edited approximately three dozen pamphlets on a variety of subjects. Prominent among these was the Basic Pamphlets series, privately published by Dr. Lamont and sold directly by him through mail order via a local post office box in New York. Included below is a list of all 29 titles in the Basic Pamphlets series, with cover reproductions of six of the pamphlets.

Basic Pamphlet 14, The Crime Against Cuba, is of special interest even today due to the fact that Lee Harvey Oswald, suspected assassin of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, distributed copies of it on the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, during the summer of 1963, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) purchased 45 copies of the pamphlet in June 1961. The Crime Against Cuba was Exhibit No. 3120 in the Warren Commission Report.

While all 29 members of the Basic Pamphlets series have been out-of-print for many years, and Amazon.com therefore does not directly offer new copies for sale, various third-party sellers on Amazon have a limited quantity of used copies available.

For the convenience of those wishing to purchase such copies, below are links to some of these titles on the Amazon.com website. All of these links open in a new tab/window. This list was last verified on January 25, 2018.

Other Pamphlets

In addition to the well-known Basic Pamphlets series, Corliss Lamont also wrote a number of other pamphlets. These other pamphlets were mostly published and distributed by organizations that were friendly to the Soviet Union and to the Soviet cause. Included below is a list of six of these other pamphlets, along with cover reproductions. Also included is a link to download an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) version of On Understanding Soviet Russia, (New York, Friends of the Soviet Union, 1934, 32 pages). It should be noted that the text contained within the PDF version of On Understanding Soviet Russia is an accurate rendering of the original pamphlet. None of the typographical errors, misspellings, etc. that appeared in the paper version of the document have been corrected in this digital version.

Upon the publication of this pamphlet, Corliss Lamont gave public lectures entitled "On Understanding Soviet Russia". Here's a flyer promoting an event, sponsored by the organization Friends of the Soviet Union, that was held in October 1934 at Carnegie (Library) Lecture Hall in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

One of Corliss Lamont's earliest pamphlets, and which was one of his personal favorites, Equivocation On Religious Issues, was published in 1934. Equivocation On Religious Issues was also published in the The Journal of Religion, Vol. 14 No. 4, October 1934, pp. 412-427, The University of Chicago Press, available via JSTOR.

Book Collections of Pamphlets

In addition to the publishing of small, soft-cover pamphlets, three hard-bound books were produced that contained collections of previously-published pamphlets and other essays. Included below is a list of these three books, along with cover reproductions.

For reference purposes, here's a copy of the Table of Contents (TOC), complete with the author's notes, of Voice in the Wilderness: Collected Essays of Fifty Years. As indicated in the TOC, the text of Basic Pamphlet 14, The Crime Against Cuba, is included in this book. The text in the book, however, is slightly modified from that which appeared in the original pamphlet, and doesn't include the pamphlet's list of Suggested References.

Introduction
Corliss Lamont, New York City, April 1974

I. THE HUMANIST PHILOSOPHY

The Humanist Tradition
Source: Basic Pamphlet, 1952.

Naturalistic Humanism
Source: The Humanist, September/October 1971.

The Philosophic Needs of Today: The Humanist Answer
Source: American Humanist Association Pamphlet, 1957.

New Light on Dewey's Common Faith
Source: The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LVIII, No. 1, January 5, 1961. This
article is based on a lecture given by the author on November 19, 1959, in the
University of Vermont John Dewey Centennial series.

John Dewey and the American Humanist Association
Source: The Humanist, January/February 1960.

The Enduring Impact of George Santayana
Source: Basic Pamphlet, 1964.

Freedom of Choice
Source: The Humanist, March/April 1965.

B. F. Skinner's Beyond Freedom and Dignity
Source: This review of Beyond Freedom and Dignity (New York: Knopf, 1971)
was first published in Science and Society, Summer 1973.

Self-Determinism and Freedom of Choice
Source: This review of "Self-Determinism" (American Philosophical Quarterly,
July 1973) was published in The Humanist, May/June 1974.

Spiritualism and Reincarnation
Source: This review of A Critical Examination of the Belief in a Life After Death
(Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1961) was published in the British Journal
for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. XIII, 1962.

Mistaken Attitudes Towards Death
Source: The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LXII, No. 2, January 21, 1965.

The Crisis Called Death
Source: The Humanist, January/February 1967.

Philosophy in Revolution: A Review
Source: This review of Philosophy in Revolution (New York: International
Publishers, 1957) was published in Science and Society, Winter 1958.

How To Be Happy — Though Married
Source: Basic Pamphlet, 1973.

The Affirmation of Life
Source: Man Answers Death (Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1969).

II. CIVIL LIBERTIES

It All Began in the Yard
Source: Bill of Rights Journal, December 1969.

The Assault on Academic Freedom
Source: Address to the Teachers Union of New York City, November 21, 1954.

A Good Fight
Source: Excerpt from a speech by Corliss Lamont at a meeting of the Teachers
Union of New York City, New York, November 21, 1954; printed in Monthly
Review, January 1955.

The Unending Struggle for Civil Liberties
Source: This article was an address delivered April 2, 1955, on accepting an
award from the Teachers Union of New York City for "Valiant and Unswerving
Defense of Intellectual Freedom."

Dissent in the West
Source: This review of Heroes and Heretics (New York: Knopf, 1964) was first
published in The Humanist, September/October 1964.

More on Heroes and Heretics
Source: Monthly Review, April 1965.

William O. Douglas's A Living Bill of Rights
Source: This review of A Living Bill of Rights (New York: Doubleday, 1961) was
first published in the National Guardian, May 22, 1961.

Paul Blanshard's The Right To Read
Source: This review of The Right To Read (Boston: Beacon Press, 1955) was first
published in Science and Society, Summer 1956.

O, Canada . . .
Source: National Guardian, July 2, 1956.

Paranoia on the Loose
Source: National Guardian, May 14, 1962.

The Bill of Rights Fund
Source: The Churchman, April 1962.

Mission to Mexico
Source: New World Review, January 1962.

The Cassandras in America
Source: The New York Times, July 25, 1971.

III. WORLD PEACE AND SOCIALISM

Ideas for Irreconcilables
Source: The Harvard Advocate, June 1923.

Why I Believe in Socialism
Source: Monthly Review, October 1949.

Dangers of American Foreign Policy
Source: Basic Pamphlet, 1952.

Why the Bomb Was Dropped
Source: This review of The Decision To Drop the Bomb (New York: Coward-
McCann, 1965) was first published in New World Review, November 1965.

Juggernaut: The Warfare State
Source: National Guardian, December 20, 1961.

The Ordeal of Soviet Russia
Source: New World Review, February 1958.

The Crime Against Cuba
Source: Basic Pamphlet, 1961.

An Open Letter to President John F. Kennedy
Source: The New York Times, April 11, 1962.

The Undeclared War:
The U.S. Army vs. the People of South Vietnam
Source: New World Review, May 1962.

Vietnam: Corliss Lamont vs. Ambassador Lodge
Source: Basic Pamphlet, 1967.

Mexico and Its Painters
Source: Daily Compass, August 26-31, September 2, 1951.

My Trip Around the World
Source: Basic Pamphlet, 1960.

An Interview with Chile's President Allende
Source: The Churchman, October 1971.

South American Sidelights
Source: The Churchman, December 1971.

IV. EPILOGUE

Epilogue I: My First Sixty Years
Source: Basic Pamphlet, 1962.

Epilogue II: In Retrospect at Seventy-Two
For the Harvard Class of 1924 50th Anniversary Report, 1974.

Index

Because all three of these books have been out-of-print for many years, Amazon.com does not directly offer new copies for sale. However, various third-party sellers on Amazon generally offer new, used, and/or collectible copies at attractive prices.

For the convenience of those wishing to purchase new/used/collectible editions, below are links to these three hardcover titles on the Amazon.com website. All of these links open in a new tab/window. These links were last verified on January 25, 2018.

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Pamphlets by Corliss Lamont

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The Basic Pamphlets Series

Other Pamphlets

Book Collections of Pamphlets