Reviewing Political Criticism - Journals, Intellectuals, and the State

Zusatztext 'Elisabeth K. Chaves offers a fascinating study of what amounts to the history and future of public intellectuals who publish social criticism in reviews and journals. She considers paradigm-shifting outlets! from the New York Review of Books to Telos to! most recently! n+1 and Jacobin. She tracks the emergence of journals from pulp to pixels as she considers the impact of the Internet on intellectual life. A must-read by those interested in fostering outlets for social critics and political pundits who feel constrained by the tired tropes and tribalism of peer-reviewed academic journals.' Ben Agger! University of Texas! Arlington! USA and author of Oversharing and Texting toward Utopia and editor of the e-journal Fast Capitalism! www.fastcapitalism.com 'A sweeping and engaging study of the practice of political criticism from the 18th century to the early 21st. Exploring how a wide range of journals confronted the challenges of politically engaged critical review! Chaves guides the reader through this complex terrain with a sharp eye.' Emily Hauptmann! Western Michigan University! USA Informationen zum Autor Elisabeth K. Chaves is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech! USA. Zusammenfassung Examines the rise of the review form of journal publication, from the early eighteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Focusing on critical moments that required the exercise of political judgment, this book explains this journal form as a means of political practice, one that re-views the state's view of how society should be ordered. Inhaltsverzeichnis Reviewing Political Criticism

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Elisabeth K. Chaves, Elisabeth K. Chaves
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2015
• EAN: 9781472430045
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-3004-5
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Public Intellectuals and the Sociology of Knowledge; Public Intellectuals and the Sociology of Knowledge
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade