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Public intellectuals: an endangered species?

By Amitai Etzioni , Alyssa Bowditch

Book information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2006
ISBN
0742542548, 9780742542549
LCC
HN90.E4 .P83 2006
Open Library ID
OL3411617M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5843940 bytes)
Pages
288\280
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Public Intellectuals: An Endangered Species? investigates the definition, role, and decline of public intellectuals in American society. Drawing from a wide range of commentaries and studies, this edited volume demonstrates the unique importance of public intellectuals and probes the timely question of how their voices can continue to be effective in our ever-changing social, academic and political climates. At a time when many argue that public intellectuals are dying out, the book addresses questions such as who qualifies as a public intellectual? Have their ranks thinned out and their qualities diminished? What is that special service that public intellectuals are supposed to render for the body politic? And, above all, is society being shortchanged?

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