Intellectuals and the People

Informationen zum Autor ANGIE SANDHU is a Research Associate in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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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

Product details

• Authors: A Sandhu, A. Sandhu, Angie Sandhu
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2007
• EAN: 9780230549234
• ISBN: 978-0-230-54923-4
• No. of pages: 251
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Cultural History, History: specific events & topics, History of Ideas, Cultural Studies, Political Science, Society & culture: general, Political science & theory, Political History, Media and Communication, Intellectual History, World Politics, Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Civilization—History, Intellectual life—History, Intellectual Studies, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, conflict;culture;political theory;society