Public Intellectuals in the Global Arena: Professors or Pundits? - Couverture rigide

 
9780268100247: Public Intellectuals in the Global Arena: Professors or Pundits?
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ISBN 10 : 0268100241 ISBN 13 : 9780268100247
Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2016

Synopsis

What is a public intellectual? Where are they to be found? What accounts for the lament today that public intellectuals are either few in number or, worse, irrelevant? While there is a small literature on the role of public intellectuals, it is organized around various thinkers rather than focusing on different countries or the unique opportunities and challenges inherent in varied disciplines or professions. In Public Intellectuals in the Global Arena, Michael C. Desch has gathered a group of contributors to offer a timely and far-reaching reassessment of the role of public intellectuals in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. The contributors delineate the centrality of historical consciousness, philosophical self-understanding, and ethical imperatives for any intelligentsia who presume to speak the truth to power. The first section provides in-depth studies of the role of public intellectuals in a variety of countries or regions, including the United States, Latin America, China, and the Islamic world. The essays in the second section take up the question of why public intellectuals vary so widely across different disciplines. These chapters chronicle changes in the disciplines of philosophy and economics, changes that "have combined to dethrone the former and elevate the latter as the preeminent homes of public intellectuals in the academy." Also included are chapters that consider the evolving roles of the natural scientist, the former diplomat, and the blogger as public intellectuals. The final section provides concluding perspectives about the duties of public intellectuals in the twenty-first century.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael C. Desch is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and Director of the Notre Dame International Security Center.

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Éditeur
University of Notre Dame Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0268100241
ISBN 13 
9780268100247
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
424
Éditeur
Desch Michael C.
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