Truth to power : public intellectuals in and out of academe / edited by Silvia Nagy-Zekmi and Karyn Hollis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nagy-Zekmi, Silvia, 1953-

Hollis, Karyn L., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--United States.

Intellectuals.

College teachers--United States.

College teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The notion that public intellectuals in the U.S. are in decline has again become fashionable with their portrayal as trapped between Academe and the ""real"" world. The questions addressed by this volume are: How can the voices of scholars and erudite think

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I.; NEOLIBERALISM AND THE CRISIS OF INTELLECTUAL ENGAGEMENT; THE SAIDIAN PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL; "BUT LET'S NOT BE STUPID TOGETHER"; PART II.; THE NEW TREASON OF INTELLECTUALS; AFFILIATIONS, ACADEMIC VALUES, AND "CORPORATE INTELLECTUALS"; INTELLECTUALS AND THE AMATEUR; PART III.; THE ARTIST AND THE INTELLECTUAL; ENGLISH ONLY; BETWEEN COMPLICITY AND RESISTANCE; IMAGINED COMMUNITY OF FEMALE INTELLECTUALS; A VISION OF THE PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STYLE; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-4438-2298-1

OCLC:

825978029