The Public Intellectual
Published on 20. April 2008
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248 pages
978-0-470-77596-7 (ISBN)
Description
New essays by prestigious thinkers such as Edward Said, Bruce Robbins, Jacqueline Rose, and Stefan Collini on the public role of writers and intellectuals.
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"[...]this is a fascinating, engaging example of the fecundity of the human intellect." Library JournalMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
496 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-77596-7 (9780470775967)
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Person
Helen Small is Fellow in English Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford. She is currently the holder of a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship (2001-2004), and is writing a book on the philosophy and literature of aging.
Content
List of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction (Helen Small). 1. The Public Role of Writers and Intellectuals (Edward W. Said). 2. Pre-modern Intellectual Biography (Rita Copeland). 3. Humanism, Slavery, and the Republic of Letters (David Wallace). 4. Hamlet the Intellectual (Margreta de Grazia). 5. Deaths of the Intellectual: A Comparative Autopsy (Jeremy Jennings). 6. New Art, Old Masters, and Masked Passions (Linda S. Kauffman). 7. Apathy and Accountability: The Challenge of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the Intellectual in the Modern World (Jacqueline Rose). 8. The Sweatshop Sublime (Bruce Robbins). 9. "Every Fruit-Juice Drinker, Nudist, Sandal-Wearer...": Intellectuals as Other People (Stefan Collini). Index.