The Company Of Critics: Social Criticsm And Political Commitment In The Twentieth Century - Couverture souple

Walzer, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0465090613 ISBN 13 : 9780465090617

Editeur : Basic Books, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Walzer Michael

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Company of Critics provides a fascinating survey of the terrain of social criticism in the last century. Organizing the book as a series of eleven intellectual biographies, Michael Walzer tells not just the dramatic story of the cultural and political radical but also the more personal story of the meaning of criticism to the critic. By looking at the life and work of Julien Benda, Randolph Bourne, Martin Buber, Antonio Gramsci, Ignazio Silone, George Orwell, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault, and Breyten Breytenbach, Walzer explains the role of the public intellectual in the context of what he identifies as "the triumphs and catastrophes of our time: the two world wars, the struggles of the working class, national liberation, feminism, totalitarian politics."The new edition, featuring a new preface, contains Walzer's thoughts on his own role as a public intellectual and, most important, the challenges that lie ahead for the engaged social critic. With its unique emphasis on life as a proving ground for thought, The Company of Critics is a necessary addition to the literature of social and political engagement both within and outside of the academy.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Michael Walzer is Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, and the author of many widely heralded books, including Spheres of Justice, Exodus and Revolution, and The Company of Critics, all available from Basic Books. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0465090613
• ISBN 13: 9780465090617
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288