An Intellectual in Public [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Wolfe Alan
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5/52/0973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: An Intellectual in Public
• ISBN: 1-282-60481-3; 9786612604812; 0-472-02427-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785297503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary Political And Social Issues