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Academics as public intellectuals / edited by Sven Eliaeson and Ragnvald Kalleberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Israeli, Raphael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College teachers.
- Intellectuals.
- Universities and colleges--Faculty.
- Universities and colleges.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As public intellectuals academics formulate specialized knowledge to become understandable and relevant for people outside of the specialty. There are two main forms of such intellectual activity: dissemination and debating. Scientific knowledge is a cultural value in its own right and also of importance in public discourse. Due to the complexity of the challenges facing modern societies the intellectual role of individual academics and scholarly institutions is increasingly important Other ma...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SOCIOLOGISTS AS PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS DURING THREE CENTURIES IN THE NORWEGIAN PROJECT OF ENLIGHTENMENT; CIVIL AND NATIONAL DUTY; THUS SPOKE THE SCIENTIST; NORWEGIAN ACADEMICS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND PEACE; CONCEPTUALISING A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL; GUNNAR MYRDAL'S FAILURE AS SWEDEN'S ""GRUMPY OLD MAN"; NOTES FROM THE PRIVATE LIFE OF A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL; REFORMING THE SCIENCE-POLICY BOUNDARY; RECONTEXTUALISATION OF A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL
- THE FATE OF THE INTELLIGENTSIA AND THE PROSPECTS FOR CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY IN EAST AND CENTRAL EUROPEPORTRAIT OF AN INTELLECTUAL FROM 20TH CENTURY TURKEY; SCIENTIFIC ENLIGHTENMENT AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM IN INDIA; MEDIEVAL INTELLECTUALS; SOCIAL SCIENCE FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-19093-8
- 9786612190933
- 1-4438-0717-6
- OCLC:
- 823386191
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