The Public Intellectual: Between Philosophy and Politics
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Public Intellectual: Between Philosophy and Politics
By (Author) Arthur M. Melzer
Edited by Richard M. Zinman
Contributions by Saul Bellow
Contributions by John Patrick Diggins
Contributions by Pierre Hassner
Contributions by Josef Joffe
Contributions by Tony Judt
Contributions by Ira Katznelson
Contributions by Christopher J. Kelly
Contributions by Adam Michnik
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
12th March 2003
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political science and theory
320.01
Physical Properties
Paperback
280
Width 159mm, Height 226mm, Spine 7mm
367g
Description
Whether intellectuals are counter-cultural escapists corrupting the young or secular prophets leading us to prosperity, they are a fixtures of modern political life. In "The Public Intellectual: Between Philosophy and Politics", Arthur Melzer, Jerry Weinberger and M. Richard Zinman bring together a wide variety of noted scholars to discuss the characteristics, nature and role of public thinkers. By looking at scholarly life in the West, this work explores the relationship between thought and action, ideas and events, reason and history.
Reviews
The editors have brought together a diverse and superb group of contributors. * Society *
Author Bio
Arthur Melzer is professor of political science at Michigan State University. He is the author of The Natural Goodness of Man: On the System of Rousseau's Thought (1990). Jerry Weinberger is professor of political science at Michigan State University. His books include Science, Faith, and Politics: Francis Bacon and the Utopian Roots of the Modern Age(1985) and new editions of Bacon's History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh (1996) and The Advancement of Learning (2001). M. Richard Zinman is University Distinguished Professor of Political Theory in James Madison College at Michigan State University.
