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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818462003321

Autore

Sowell Thomas <1930->

Titolo

Intellectuals and society / / Thomas Sowell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Basic Books, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-282-44988-5

9786612449888

0-465-03110-2

0-465-02103-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Disciplina

305.552

Soggetti

Intellectuals

Public opinion

Influence (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intellect and intellectuals -- Knowledge and notions -- Intellectuals and economics -- Intellectuals and social visions -- Optional reality in the media and academia -- Intellectuals and the law -- Intellectuals and war -- Intellectuals and war : repeating history -- Intellectuals and society.

Sommario/riassunto

Sowell unravels the world of intellectuals in order to illustrate an important social phenomenon: how the thinkers of a society mold that society, leaving an impact on people in every walk of life, even if these thinkers are basically unknown to the world at large.