01426nas 22003971- 450 991030152540332120231214213021.02419-6991(CKB)110985822451522(CONSER)---58019024-(EXLCZ)9911098582245152220760620b19221970 --- bfretxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBulletin de la Faculté des Lettres de StrasbourgStrasbourgFaculté des Lettres de l'Université de Strasbourg1 online resourcePrint version: Bulletin de la Faculté des Lettres de Strasbourg. (DLC) 58019024 (OCoLC)2268167 0151-1971 Bull. Fac. Lett. Strasbg.Universities and collegesFranceStrasbourgPeriodicalsLittératurePériodiquesHistoirePériodiquesUniversities and collegesfast(OCoLC)fst01161597FranceStrasbourgfasthttps://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgcX4dPjrXkPBRvC3Tyh3Periodicals.fastUniversities and collegesLittératureHistoireUniversities and colleges.JOURNAL9910301525403321exl_impl conversionBulletin de la Faculté des Lettres de Strasbourg2582822UNINA04128oam 22006254a 450 991027235530332120240424225708.01-5017-2807-50-8014-8766-81-5017-2096-110.7591/9781501720963(CKB)4340000000258179(MiAaPQ)EBC5317485(OCoLC)1031885542(MdBmJHUP)muse66941(DE-B1597)496418(OCoLC)1028943194(DE-B1597)9781501720963(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/89082(EXLCZ)99434000000025817920010907d2002 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDemocracy's ChildrenIntellectuals and the Rise of Cultural Politics /John McGowanCornell University Press2018Ithaca, N.Y. :Cornell University Press,2002.©2002.1 online resource (243 pages)0-8014-3973-6 1-5017-2097-X 9781501728075 Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index.Machine generated contents note: Preface, vii -- Introduction: Literary Intellectuals in -- and for a Democratic Society, -- I. CLIMBING THE WALLS: THE INTELLECTUAL AS ACADEMIC -- I. At the 1986 MLA Convention, 31 -- 2. Teaching Literature: Where, How, and Why, 49 -- 3. An ABCs of Post-Theoretical Style, 74 -- 4. Humanists, Cultural Authority, and the University, 114 -- II. ROADS TO THE PRESENT, PATHS TO A FUTURE -- 5. Modernity and Culture: -- The Victorians and Cultural Studies, 141 -- 6. The Narrative of Culture: A Burkean Perspective, 165 -- 7. Toward a Pragmatist Pluralism, 201 -- References, 231 -- Index, 239.How do American intellectuals try to achieve their political and social goals? By what means do they articulate their hopes for change? John McGowan seeks to identify the goals and strategies of contemporary humanistic intellectuals who strive to shape the politics and culture of their time. In a lively mix of personal reflection and shrewd analysis, McGowan visits the sites of intellectual activity (scholarly publications, professional conferences, the classroom, and the university) and considers the hazards of working within such institutional contexts to effect change outside the academy. Democracy's Children considers the historical trajectory that produced current intellectual practices. McGowan links the growing prestige of "culture" since 1800 to the growth of democracy and the obsession with modernity and explores how intellectuals became both custodians and creators of culture. Caught between fears of culture's irrelevance and dreams of its omnipotence, intellectuals pursue a cultural politics that aims for wide-ranging social transformations. For better or worse, McGowan says, the humanities are now tied to culture and to the university. The opportunities and frustrations attendant on this partnership resonate with the larger successes and failures of contemporary democratic societies. His purpose in this collection of essays is to illuminate the conditions under which intellectuals in a democracy work and at the same time to promote intellectual activities that further democratic ideals.Intellectual lifeHistory20th centuryCollege teachingUnited StatesCriticismPolitical aspectsHistory20th centuryCriticismHistory20th centuryElectronic books. Higher & further education, tertiary educationIntellectual lifeHistoryCollege teachingCriticismPolitical aspectsHistoryCriticismHistory801/.95/0904McGowan John1953-223640MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910272355303321Democracy's Children2428349UNINA