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The public intellectual [[electronic resource] ] : between philosophy and politics / / edited by Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman
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Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.2/52 |
Soggetto topico: | Intellectuals |
Intellectual life | |
Progress | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
MelzerArthur M
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman; Part I: Theory; 1 What Is an Intellectual? Arthur M. Melzer; 2 A Platonic Perspective on the Idea of the Public Intellectual Thomas L. Pangle; 3 The Idea of the Public Intellectual in the Age of the Enlightenment PaulA. Rahe; 4 Rousseau's Critique of the Public Intellectual in the Age of the Enlightenment Christopher Kelly; 5 The Founding Fathers and the Creation of Public Opinion Gordon S. Wood |
6 The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual in American History John Patrick Diggins7 The Decline of the Public Intellectual and the Rise of the Pundit Josef Joffe; 8 The Public Intellectual and the Experience of Totalitarianism Pierre Hassner; 9 The Peripheral Insider: Raymond Aron and the Wages of Reason Tony Judt; 10 Gray Is Beautiful Adam Michnik; Part II: Practice; 11 The Professional Scholar as Public Intellectual: Reflections Prompted by Karl Mannheim, Robert K. Merton,and C. Wright Mills Ira Katznelson; 12 Public Philosophy and International Feminism Martha C. Nussbaum | |
13 Wit Irony Fun Games Saul BellowIndex; About the Contributors | |
Sommario/riassunto: | The editors bring together a wide variety of noted scholars to discuss the characteristics, nature, and role of public thinkers. By looking at scholarly life in the West, this work explores the relationship between thought and action, ideas and events, reason and history. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The public intellectual ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-585-46322-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910455585303321 |
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