Where have all the intellectuals gone? : including 'a reply to my critics' / / Frank Furedi
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| Autore: |
Furedi Frank <1947->
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| Titolo: |
Where have all the intellectuals gone? : including 'a reply to my critics' / / Frank Furedi
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| Pubblicazione: | London, [England] : , : Continuum, , 2006 |
| ©2006 | |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.5520942 F983 2006 |
| Soggetto topico: | Intellectuals |
| Learning and scholarship - Great Britain | |
| Popular culture - Great Britain | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Where have all the intellectuals gone |
| ISBN: | 1-283-12311-8 |
| 9786613123114 | |
| 1-4411-9118-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461403603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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