Intellectuals in Politics: From the Dreyfus Affair to Salman Rushdie

by A. Kemp-Welch and Jeremy Jennings

After an introduction to the major issues confronting intellectuals, this book explores the various aspects of the intellectual's role including:
* philosophers and academics who have tried to define the function of the intellectual
* how intellectuals have assumed the status of the conscience of the nation and the voice of the oppressed
* the interaction of intellectuals with Marxism
* the place of the intellectual in American society
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415149959
• ISBN13: 9780415149952
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"