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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817346303321

Autore

Furedi Frank <1947->

Titolo

Where have all the intellectuals gone? : including 'a reply to my critics' / / Frank Furedi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Continuum, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-283-12311-8

9786613123114

1-4411-9118-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

305.5520942  F983 2006

Soggetti

Intellectuals

Learning and scholarship - Great Britain

Popular culture - Great Britain

Great Britain Intellectual life Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: A Personal Journey Through the Land of the Philistines; 1 Devaluing the Intellect; 2 Trivial Pursuits; 3 Dumbing Down; 4 Social Engineering; 5 The Culture of Flattery; 6 Treating People as Children; Afterword: A Reply to My Critics; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this urgent and passionate book, Frank Furedi explains the essential contribution of intellectuals both to culture and to democracy - and why we need to recreate a public sphere in which intellectuals and the general public can talk to each other again.