ABSTRACT
In this article, Richard Hofstadter, a capable historian of the American intellectual and political heritage, describes what he calls pseudo-conservative dissent. Parading as conservatism, this dynamic new force, in actuality, is a relentless demand for conformity, directly opposed to the liberal dissent of the thirties. Mr. Hofstadter, who received a Pulitzer Prize in 1955 for The Age of Reform, is a professor of history at Columbia University.
