Public Intellectuals: An Endangered Species? (Rights & Responsibilities)

Berman, Paul

ISBN 10: 0742542548 / ISBN 13: 9780742542549

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2006

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Investigates the definition, role, and decline of public intellectuals in American society. Drawing from a range of commentaries and studies, this volume demonstrates the importance of public intellectuals, and probes the question of how their voices can be effective in the social, academic and political climates. Editor(s): Etzioni, Amitai; Bowditch, Alyssa. Series: Rights & Responsibilities. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JFSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 191 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608. . 2006. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Public Intellectuals: An Endangered Species? (Rights & Responsibilities)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742542548
• ISBN 13: 9780742542549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Public Intellectuals: An Endangered Species? investigates the definition, role, and decline of public intellectuals in American society. Drawing from a wide range of commentaries and studies, this edited volume demonstrates the unique importance of public intellectuals and probes the timely question of how their voices can continue to be effective in our ever-changing social, academic and political climates. At a time when many argue that public intellectuals are dying out, the book addresses questions such as who qualifies as a public intellectual? Have their ranks thinned out and their qualities diminished? What is that special service that public intellectuals are supposed to render for the body politic? And, above all, is society being shortchanged?

About the Author

Amitai Etzioni is the founder and director of the Communitarian Network and University Professor at The George Washington University. He has served as a senior advisor to the White House and President of the American Sociological Association. He has taught sociology at Columbia University, the Harvard Business School, and the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of 22 books, including The New Golden Rule, Political Unification Revisited and My Brother's Keeper: A Memoir and a Message. A recent study listed him as one of the leading hundred public intellectuals.