Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals

by Edward Shils

Book Overview

In these vivid portraits of prominent twentieth-century intellectuals, Edward Shils couples the sensitivity of a biographer with the profound knowledge of a highly respected scholar. Ranging as widely across various disciplines as Shils himself did, the essays gathered here share a distaste for faddists who "run with the intellectual mob" and a deep respect for intellectuals who maintain their integrity under great pressure.

Highlights include...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226753379
• ISBN13: 9780226753379
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"