House of Intellect, The - Softcover

Barzun, Jacques

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060102306 ISBN 13: 9780060102302

Publisher: HarpPerenM, 2002

Synopsis

In this international bestseller, originally published in 1959, Jacques Barzun, acclaimed author of From Dawn to Decadence, takes on the whole intellectual -- or pseudo-intellectual -- world, attacking it for its betrayal of Intellect. "Intellect is despised and neglected," Barzun says, "yet intellectuals are well paid and riding high." He details this great betrayal in such areas as public administrations, communications, conversation and home life, education, business, and scholarship.

In this edition's new Preface, Jacques Barzun discussess the intense -- and controversial -- reaction the world had to The House of Intellect.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in France in 1907, Jacques Barzun came to the United States in 1920. After graduating from Columbia College, he joined the faculty of the university, becoming Seth Low Professor of History and, for a decade, Dean of Faculties and Provost. The author of some thirty books, including the New York Times bestseller From Dawn to Decadence, he received the Gold Medal for Criticism from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, of which he was twice president. He lived in San Antonio, Texas, before passing away at age 104.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarpPerenM
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0060102306
• ISBN 13: 9780060102302
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336