The public intellectual between philosophy and politics /
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Melzer, Arthur M. Weinberger, Jerry, 1944- Zinman, M. Richard. |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003. |
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| Online Access: | Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete. |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Theory
- The Rise of the Public Intellectual
- 1. What Is an Intellectual?
- 2. A Platonic Perspective on the Idea of the Public Intellectual
- 3. The Idea of the Public Intellectual in the Age of the Enlightenment
- 4. Rousseau's Critique of the Public Intellectual in the Age of the Enlightenment
- 5. The Founding Fathers and the Creation of Public Opinion
- The Public Intellectual in the Twentieth Century
- 6. The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual in American History
- 7. The Decline of the Public Intellectual and the Rise of the Pundit
- 8. The Public Intellectual and the Experience of Totalitarianism
- 9. The Peripheral Insider: Raymond Aron and the Wages of Reason
- 10. Gray Is Beautiful
- Part II. Practice
- 11. The Professional Scholar as Public Intellectual: Reflections Prompted by Karl Mannheim, Robert K. Merton, and C. Wright Mills
- 12. Public Philosophy and International Feminism
- 13. Wit Irony Fun Games
- Index
- About the Contributors