Public Persons

by Walter Lippmann

Book Overview

This set of brief pieces examines the relation of power to knowledge. Lippmann paid little homage to the innate wisdom of the people. While he had no wish to disenfranchise citizens, he believed elites drove the engines of power. His point was that liberty and democracy require government that will, when necessary, "swim against the tides of private feelings." Because the public is too divided, poorly informed, and too self-regarding, authority...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871401967
• ISBN13: 9780871401960
• Release Date: October 1976
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"