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The Book That Scandalized the New York Intellectuals | The New Yorker

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Actualmente, solo los residentes de ciertos países y estados de EE. UU. pueden optar por no usar ciertas Tecnologías de Rastreo a través de nuestra Plataforma de Gestión de Consentimiento. Puede que haya opciones adicionales disponibles para estas tecnologías en su dispositivo, navegador o a través de opciones del sector como AdChoices. Consulte nuestra Política de Privacidad para obtener más información. Already Subscribed? Sign in to read unlimited stories, uninterrupted. Already Subscribed? Sign in to read unlimited stories, uninterrupted. He should have known the book was loaded. Norman Podhoretz started writing “Making It” in 1964. He was thirty-four years old and the editor of Commentary. His idea was to write a book about how people in his world, literary intellectuals, were secretly motivated by a desire for success—money, power, and fame—and were also secretly ashamed of it. He offered himself as Exhibit A. By confessing to his own ambition, he would make it safe for other

Save this story Save this story In “Making It,” Podhoretz outraged friends by writing candidly about ambition. Illustration by Yann Kebbi He should have known the book was loaded. Norman Podhoretz started writing “Making It” in 1964. He was thirty-four years old and the editor of Commentary . His idea was to write a book about how people in his world, literary intellectuals, were secretly motivated by a desire for success—money, power, and fame—and were also secretly ashamed of it. He offered himself as Exhibit A. By confessing to his own ambition, he would make it safe for others to confess t

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