Reflections on Crisis
The role of the public intellectual
Published on 7. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
118 pages
978-1-908996-06-0 (ISBN)
Description
This pocket-sized book brings together academic essays originally delivered at a Royal Irish Academy symposium held in 2008. This was the year the global financial crisis hit. This book reflects a bewilderment at the heart of Irish society as the public looked to journalists and academics for explanations and solutions to what went wrong. Broken into five essays by economists, social scientists and historians, the short volume teases out questions such as: can we think our way out of a crisis? At a time of economic collapse, do intellectuals have something to offer? Are the views of economists, novelists, playwrights, sociologists, historians, political scientists and civil servants dismissed and ignored? Is Irish society anti-intellectual? The emergence of the figure of the public intellectual in American society is considered in some detail, as the book makes a case for shared critical thinking, imagination and ideas as a basis for recovery.
This pocket-sized book brings together academic essays originally delivered at a Royal Irish Academy symposium held in 2008. This was the year the global financial crisis hit. This book reflects a bewilderment at the heart of Irish society as the public looked to journalists and academics for explanations and solutions to what went wrong. Broken into five essays by economists, social scientists and historians, the short volume teases out questions such as: can we think our way out of a crisis? At a time of economic collapse, do intellectuals have something to offer? Are the views of economists, novelists, playwrights, sociologists, historians, political scientists and civil servants dismissed and ignored? Is Irish society anti-intellectual? The emergence of the figure of the public intellectual in American society is considered in some detail, as the book makes a case for shared critical thinking, imagination and ideas as a basis for recovery.
This pocket-sized book brings together academic essays originally delivered at a Royal Irish Academy symposium held in 2008. This was the year the global financial crisis hit. This book reflects a bewilderment at the heart of Irish society as the public looked to journalists and academics for explanations and solutions to what went wrong. Broken into five essays by economists, social scientists and historians, the short volume teases out questions such as: can we think our way out of a crisis? At a time of economic collapse, do intellectuals have something to offer? Are the views of economists, novelists, playwrights, sociologists, historians, political scientists and civil servants dismissed and ignored? Is Irish society anti-intellectual? The emergence of the figure of the public intellectual in American society is considered in some detail, as the book makes a case for shared critical thinking, imagination and ideas as a basis for recovery.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 125 mm
Width: 198 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
170 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908996-06-0 (9781908996060)
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07/2012
Royal Irish Academy
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07/2012
Royal Irish Academy
€11.99
Available for download
Persons
Mary P. Corcoran is a Professor of Sociology at Maynooth University. Her research interests are urban transformation and change, suburbanisation, migration, civic and public cultures. She is joint editor of Reflections on Crisis. The role of the public intellectual (2012). Kevin Lalor is head of the School of Languages, Law & Social Sciences at Dublin Institute of Technology. His current research interests include experiences of adolescence; youth crime and victimisation; child sexual abuse prevalence; the role of child sexual abuse in HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa; comparative perspectives on crime victimization. He is joint editor of Reflections on Crisis. The role of the public intellectual (2012).
Mary P. Corcoran is a Professor of Sociology at Maynooth University. Her research interests are urban transformation and change, suburbanisation, migration, civic and public cultures. She is joint editor of Reflections on Crisis. The role of the public intellectual (2012). Kevin Lalor is head of the School of Languages, Law & Social Sciences at Dublin Institute of Technology. His current research interests include experiences of adolescence; youth crime and victimisation; child sexual abuse prevalence; the role of child sexual abuse in HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa; comparative perspectives on crime victimization. He is joint editor of Reflections on Crisis. The role of the public intellectual (2012).
Mary P. Corcoran is a Professor of Sociology at Maynooth University. Her research interests are urban transformation and change, suburbanisation, migration, civic and public cultures. She is joint editor of Reflections on Crisis. The role of the public intellectual (2012). Kevin Lalor is head of the School of Languages, Law & Social Sciences at Dublin Institute of Technology. His current research interests include experiences of adolescence; youth crime and victimisation; child sexual abuse prevalence; the role of child sexual abuse in HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa; comparative perspectives on crime victimization. He is joint editor of Reflections on Crisis. The role of the public intellectual (2012).