Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? 2nd Edition: Confronting 21st Century Philistinism / Edition 2

by Frank Furedi

Overview

In this urgent and passionate book, Frank Furedi explains the essential contribution of intellectuals both to culture and to democracy - and why we need to recreate a public sphere in which intellectuals and the general public can talk to each other again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826490964
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/12/2006
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Frank Furedi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is the author of numerous books including Culture of Fear, Invitation to Terror and Paranoid Parenting, all published by Continuum.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The land of the philistines revisited Chapter 1: Devaluing the Intellect Chapter 2: Trivial Pursuits Chapter 3: Dumbing Down Chapter 4: Social Engineering Chapter 5: The Culture of Flattery Chapter 6: Treating People as Children Epilogue: A reply to the critics