Anxious Intellects : Academic Professionals, Public Intellectuals, and Enlightenment Values /
A critical examination of the complex role of intellectuals in contemporary society, including the often contradictory definitions of such roles advocated by intellectuals themselves.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2000.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part one. Cultural authority, Enlightenment traditions, and professional anxiety. Publicity: Black intellectuals as inorganic representatives
- Pedagogy: Enlightened instruction as oppressive discipline
- Community: Pragmatism as a profession of anxiety
- Culture: Western traditions and intellectual treason
- Part two. Projected identities, universal illusions, and democratic discourse. The critic: Cultural studies and Adorno's ghost
- The scientist: Disembodied intellect and popular utopias
- The professional: Science wars and interdisciplinary studies
- Conclusion: Tattered maps.