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portada The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.1 x 15.5 x 1.3 cm
Weight
0.29 kg.
ISBN13
9781138970137
Edition No.
1

The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual

Cummings, Dolan (Author) · Routledge · Paperback

The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual - Cummings, Dolan

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Synopsis "The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual"

Ideas can define and transform society, but how healthy is intellectual life today? In a period when Big Brother refers not to George Orwell but to a reality TV show, and when bright young things are developing gameshow formats rather than scribbling essays; when thinkers join think tanks to design short-term government policy rather than reflecting on and challenging the status quo, and when the ever growing number of graduates seem more interested in job prospects than academic endeavour, is intellectual life in terminal decline? This book looks at the idea of the public intellectual, considering whether such thinkers are becoming an endangered species. It also looks at the legacy of relativism and ethical doubts about the pursuit of knowledge, and the effect of such developments on intellectual life. The final section considers the expansion of higher education and the changing role of the academic. Taken together, the essays in this collection form a comprehensive overview of the intellectual climate today, and the possibilities for the future. This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP).

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