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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455585303321

Titolo

The public intellectual [[electronic resource] ] : between philosophy and politics / / edited by Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003

ISBN

0-585-46322-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MelzerArthur M

WeinbergerJerry <1944->

ZinmanM. Richard

Disciplina

305.2/52

Soggetti

Intellectuals

Intellectual life

Progress

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman; Part I: Theory; 1 What Is an Intellectual? Arthur M. Melzer; 2 A Platonic Perspective on the Idea of the Public Intellectual Thomas L. Pangle; 3 The Idea of the Public Intellectual in the Age of the Enlightenment PaulA. Rahe; 4 Rousseau's Critique of the Public Intellectual in the Age of the Enlightenment Christopher Kelly; 5 The Founding Fathers and the Creation of Public Opinion Gordon S. Wood

6 The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual in American History John Patrick Diggins7 The Decline of the Public Intellectual and the Rise of the Pundit Josef Joffe; 8 The Public Intellectual and the Experience of Totalitarianism Pierre Hassner; 9 The Peripheral Insider: Raymond Aron and the Wages of Reason Tony Judt; 10 Gray Is Beautiful Adam Michnik; Part II: Practice; 11 The Professional Scholar as Public Intellectual: Reflections Prompted by Karl Mannheim, Robert K. Merton,and C. Wright Mills Ira Katznelson; 12 Public Philosophy and International Feminism Martha C. Nussbaum



13 Wit Irony Fun Games Saul BellowIndex; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The editors bring together a wide variety of noted scholars to discuss the characteristics, nature, and role of public thinkers. By looking at scholarly life in the West, this work explores the relationship between thought and action, ideas and events, reason and history.