The Public Intellectual

Between Philosophy and Politics

Arthur M. Melzer (Anthology Editor) , Jerry Weinberger (Anthology Editor) , M. Richard Zinman (Anthology Editor) , Saul Bellow (Contributor) , John Patrick Diggins (Contributor) , Pierre Hassner (Contributor) ,
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The Public Intellectual

Between Philosophy and Politics

Arthur M. Melzer (Anthology Editor) , Jerry Weinberger (Anthology Editor) , M. Richard Zinman (Anthology Editor) , Saul Bellow (Contributor) , John Patrick Diggins (Contributor) , Pierre Hassner (Contributor) ,
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Whether intellectuals are counter-cultural escapists corrupting the young or secular prophets leading us to prosperity, they are a fixture of modern political life. In The Public Intellectual: Between Philosophy and Politics, Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman bring together a wide variety of noted scholars to discuss the characteristics, nature, and role of public thinkers. By looking at scholarly life in the West, this work explores the relationship between thought and action, ideas and events, reason and history.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 THEORY
Part 3 The Rise of the Public Intellectual
Chapter 4 What is an Intellectual?
Chapter 5 A Platonic Perspective on the Idea of the Public Intellectual
Chapter 6 The Idea of the Public Intellectual in the Age of the Enlightenment
Chapter 7 Rousseau's Critique of the Public Intellectual in the Age of the Enlightenment
Chapter 8 The Founding Fathers and the Creation of Public Opinion
Part 9 The Public Intellectual in the Twentieth Century
Chapter 10 The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual in American History
Chapter 11 The Decline of the Public Intellectual and the Rise of the Pundit
Chapter 12 The Public Intellectual and the Experience of Totalitarianism
Chapter 13 The Peripheral Insider: Raymond Aron and the Wages of Reason
Chapter 14 Gray is Beautiful
Part 15 PRACTICE
Chapter 16 The Professional Scholar as Public Intellectual: Reflections Prompted by Karl Mannheim, Robert K. Merton, and C. Wright Mills
Chapter 17 Public Philosophy and International Feminism
Chapter 18 Wit Irony Fun Games

Product details

Published Sep 01 2004
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 280
ISBN 9780585463223
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

AM
Anthology Editor

Arthur M. Melzer

JW
Anthology Editor

Jerry Weinberger

MZ
Anthology Editor

M. Richard Zinman

SB
Contributor

Saul Bellow

JD
Contributor

John Patrick Diggins

PH
Contributor

Pierre Hassner

JJ
Contributor

Josef Joffe

TJ
Contributor

Tony Judt

IK
Contributor

Ira Katznelson

CK
Contributor

Christopher J. Kelly

AM
Contributor

Adam Michnik

MN
Contributor

Martha C. Nussbaum

TP
Contributor

Thomas A. Pangle

PR
Contributor

Paul A. Rahe

JW
Contributor

Jerry Weinberger

GW
Contributor

Gordon S. Wood

MZ
Contributor

M Richard Zinman

Reviews

  • The editors have brought together a diverse and superb group of contributors.

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