The Intellectual as Stranger
Studies in Spokespersonship
1st Edition
Published on 14. December 2000
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-415-20584-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Intellectual as Stranger explores the historical association between images of the intellectual and those of the stranger, or the outsider to society. Using detailed case-studies, Pels examines the ambiguous strangerhood of political intellectuals such as Marx, Durkheim, Sorel, Freyer and Hendrik de Man.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-20584-9 (9780415205849)
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Person
Dick Pels
Content
Introduction 1. Speaking the Spokesperson 2. The Proletarian as Stranger 3. Speaking for Social Things: Sociology and Socalism in Durkheim, Sorrel and Barres 4. Missionary Sociology between Left and Right: Karl Mannheim and the Rightwing Challenge 5. The Dark Side of Socialism: Hendrik de Man and the Fascist Temptation 6. Treason of the Intellectuals: Paul de Man and Hendrik de Man 7. Strange Standpoints 8. Privileged Nomads 9. Towards a Social Epistemology of Strangerhood