Intellectuals - Couverture souple

Johnson, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1857997840 ISBN 13 : 9781857997842

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 1996

Synopsis

This text examines whether or not intellectuals are morally fit to give advice to humanity. How great is their respect for truth? What is their attitude to money? How do they treat their families and friends? In short, do their private practices match the standard of their public principles?

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an intriguing series of case studies, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sarte, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillan Hellman, Cyril Connolly, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Kenneth Tyan, Noam Chomsky, and others are revealed as intellectuals both brilliant and contradictory, magnetic and dangerous.

Biographie de l'auteur

Paul Johnson is a historian whose work ranges over the millennia and the whole gamut of human activities. He regularly writes book reviews for several UK magazines and newspapers, such as the Literary Review and The Spectator, and he lectures around the world. He lives in London, England.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1857997840
• ISBN 13: 9781857997842
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible