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An intellectual in public / Alan Wolfe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolfe, Alan, 1942-
- Series:
- Contemporary Political And Social Issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Right and left (Political science).
- Social problems--United States.
- Social problems.
- United States--Intellectual life.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- United States--Social conditions--1980-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Unforgettable observations on key issues from a leading authority on contemporary American culture.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-386).
- ISBN:
- 1-282-60481-3
- 9786612604812
- 0-472-02427-2
- OCLC:
- 923502027
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