436 Pages
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Routledge
436 Pages
by
Routledge
435 Pages
by
Routledge
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There are almost as many works about intellectuals as there are intellectuals. Perhaps this is because intellectuals are masters of the word and their mastery is often used to write about themselves. Indeed, with the possible exceptions of sports figures and film actors, intellectuals may be the most overpublicized people in America. In this classic study, originally published in 1974, Charles... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition,
Preface and Acknowledgments, I. The Shape of Intellectual Life in America, 1. Who Are the Elite American Intellectuals?, 2. The Power and the Glory: The System of Intellectual Journals, 3. The Leading Circles, 4. Intellectuals and American Foreign Policy during the Cold War, II. The War in Vietnam: The Perspective of the Intellectual, 5. How the American Intellectual Elite Decided to Oppose the War in Vietnam, 6. The Triumph of Pragmatism, 7. The Vietnam Influentials, 8. The Lessons of Vietnam, III. American Social Problems and the Intellectual Elite, 9. What Is Wrong with America, 10. The Concerns of Intellectuals, 11. The Classic Issues: Foreign Policy and Domestic Reform, 12. Race Relations: The Expulsion of the Intellectuals, 13. The Great Culture Crisis, 14. No Gurus Here, IV. The Place of Elite Intellectuals in the Resolution of American Social Problems, 15. Intellectuals and Power, 16. Conclusion: The Role of the Elite American Intellectuals, Appendix: Sampling the American Intellectual Elite, Notes, Selected Bibliography
Biography
John Sommer
