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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459688503321

Autore

Wolfe Alan

Titolo

An Intellectual in Public [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-60481-3

9786612604812

0-472-02427-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Political And Social Issues

Disciplina

305.5/52/0973

Soggetti

Electronic books. -- local

Political culture -- United States

Right and left (Political science)

Social problems -- United States

United States -- Intellectual life

United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-

United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-

Social problems - United States

Political culture - United States

Regions & Countries - Americas

United States - General

History & Archaeology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Country; Alien Nation; Strangled by Roots; Anti-American Studies; Part II: God; The Return of Evil; The Hermeneutic Hole; White Magic in America; Faith and Diversity in American Religion; Higher Learning; Part III: Race; Climbing the Mountain; The Facts and the Feelings; Margaret Mead Goes to Harlem; Affirmative Action, Inc.; Part IV: Schools; The Jeremiah Racket; Subject Matter Matters; Part V: Sex; The Mystique of Betty Friedan; The Professor of Desire; Up from Scientism; Part VI: Consumption;



Undialectical Materialism; Buying Alone

The Greening of ConservatismPart VII: Left and Right; The Snake; The Revolution That Never Was; Idiot Time; Conclusion; The Fame Game; The Calling of the Public Intellectual; Books Discussed

Sommario/riassunto

Unforgettable observations on key issues from a leading authority on contemporary American culture.