Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?: Confronting 21st Century Philistinism Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?: Confronting 21st Century Philistinism Book

In his latest book, Frank Furedi argues that genuine intellectuals have largely disappeared from the public sphere - paradoxically, given that we supposedly live in a knowledge economy supported by an expanding higher education sector. The result is that potential intellectuals have taken up other, narrower, roles e.g. lobbyists, policy-advisers. This has impoverished public life. Furedi identifies the causes of this decline; the bureaucratisation of the university; reverse snobbishness; obsession with inclusiveness and relevance at all costs. In the final chapter he suggest where we should go from here.Read More

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  • 0826488218
  • 9780826488213
  • Frank Furedi
  • 26 May 2005
  • Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 176
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