Against a backdrop of a hegemonic, global economic arrangement that has spawned
astounding disparities in wealth, this book foregrounds seventeen intellectuals who are …

Combining history with social theory, this book offers a bold reassessment of the role of
radical intellectuals in public life. It explores the potential impact of intellectuals working for …

The book provides a sophisticated alternative to existing accounts of the role of the
intellectual in modern democracy. Arguing that society suffers from a systemic deliberation …

European history of the past century is full of examples of philosophers, writers, and scholars
who supported or excused the worst tyrannies of the age. How was this possible? How …

Whether intellectuals are counter-cultural escapists corrupting the young or secular prophets
leading us to prosperity, they are a fixture of modern political life. In The Public Intellectual …

How do American intellectuals try to achieve their political and social goals? By what means
do they articulate their hopes for change? John McGowan seeks to identify the goals and …

In this collection, a leading sociologist brings his distinctive method of social criticism to bear
on some of the most significant ideas, political and social events, and thinkers of the late …

In this timely book, the first comprehensive study of the modern American public intellectual—
that individual who speaks to the public on issues of political or ideological moment …

Intellectuals have often been criticized by Left and Right alike for being detached from the
everyday concerns of their fellow human beings. The Left usually characterize this …

This American Quarterly forum builds on a symposium held in 2011 at Wesleyan University
on the relationship between academia and activism. Our symposium was inspired by a pair …