Jacoby Intellectuals in Politics and Academia

Culture in the Age of Hype
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-07646-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 183 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose

This book addresses the fate of intellectuals in modern culture and politics. Russell Jacoby’s seminal The Last Intellectuals: American Culture in the Age of Academe (1987, 2000) introduced the term “public intellectual” and gave rise to heated controversy. Here Jacoby assesses contemporary public intellectuals, their profound failings and limited achievements. The book includes biting appraisals of well-known intellectuals, such as Noam Chomsky, Hannah Arendt, and Bernard-Henri Lévy, as well as interventions on violence, utopia and multiculturalism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jacoby, Russell

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Mission of Intellectuals.- 2. Academic Conceits.- 3. Assessments.- 4. Appreciations.- 5. Strictures.- 6. Myths about Utopia and Violence.- 7. Enlightenment in the Age of Hype.

Über Autor(innen)

Russell Jacoby  is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, and the author of nine books, including  Repression of Psychoanalysis  (1983),  Bloodlust  (2011), and most recently  On Diversity  (2020).