Stöhrs Lesefutter
Public Intellectuals and Their Discontents
Bestellbar

Public Intellectuals and Their Discontents

From Europe to Iran

von Yadullah Shahibzadeh

109,99 EUR
Gebunden
Über Buchhandel bestellbar

Details

ISBN
9783030565879
Verlag
Springer International Publishing (Cham)
Erschienen
01.10.2020
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
288
Einband
Gebunden
Abmessungen
21 x 14.8 cm
Kategorie
Hardcover, Softcover / Politikwissenschaft/Politisches System

Beschreibung

This book addresses the ways in which the figure of the intellectuals and their relationship to the public has been theorized through the conceptualizations of bureaucracy, democracy, and communism as universal processes from the 19th century to the present. Starting with Hegel and Marx, the author looks at the rise of the figure of the universal intellectual in various forms, before turning to what is presented as a transformation of the figure of the intellectual into ‘the public intellectual’ advanced by the New Philosophies and the critical response offered by Edward Said. The study presents two comparative case studies: the Iranian Revolution and the public intellectuals in Europe, specifically in Norway, before concluding with a focus on the decay of the figure of the intellectuals and highlighting Ranciere’s critique of the intellectual/masses distinction.