Anxious Intellects : Academic Professionals, Public Intellectuals, and Enlightenment Values /

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A critical examination of the complex role of intellectuals in contemporary society, including the often contradictory definitions of such roles advocated by intellectuals themselves.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michael, John, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Intellectuals.
Tradition
Intellektueller
Demokratie
EDUCATION > Higher.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Intellectuels > États-Unis.
Intellectuels.
Intellectuals > United States.
USA.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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