A. Sandhu

Intellectuals and the People

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Produktbeschreibung

Angie Sandhu examines the relation between intellectuals and society through political theory and a consideration of contemporary debates in both Britain and the US. She sets out a new argument that calls for intellectuals to address their own elite locations in society by challenging notions of intellectual difference and autonomy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-36164-9
• 1st ed. 2007
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781349361649
• ISBN-10: 134936164X
• Artikelnr.: 45077201

Autorenporträt

ANGIE SANDHU is a Research Associate in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Role of the Intellectual PART 1: LITERATURE AND CIVILITY: LIBERAL SOLUTIONS TO POLITICAL CONFLICT Matthew Arnold, Culture and the Intellectual The Habermasian Public Sphere PART 2: CONTESTING CIVIL ORDER WITH PROLETARIAN EXPERIENCE The Counter-Public Sphere Thinking Subjects PART 3: IMPOSSIBLE SUBJECTS: PROLETARIATS, SAVAGES AND HISTORICAL MATERIALISM The Savage and the Proletariat Proletariats and Urban Intellectuals PART 4: RADICAL INTELLECTUALS AND THE PEOPLE Speaking for the People Outsiders: Women and Radical Theory Notes Index