Letters to Power: Public Advocacy Without Public Intellectuals

by Samuel McCormick

Book Overview

Although the scarcity of public intellectuals among today's academic professionals is certainly a cause for concern, it also serves as a challenge to explore alternative, more subtle forms of political intelligence. Letters to Power accepts this challenge, guiding readers through ancient, medieval, and modern traditions of learned advocacy in search of persuasive techniques, resistant practices, and ethical sensibilities for use in contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271050748
• ISBN13: 9780271050744
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"