The public intellectual, as a person and ideal, has a long and storied history. Writing in
venues like the New Republic and Commentary, such intellectuals were always expected to …

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

What happened to the public intellectuals that used to challenge and inform us? Who is the
Sartre or De Beauvoir of the internet age? General Intellects argues that we no longer have …

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 …

Public Intellectuals: An Endangered Species? investigates the definition, role, and decline of
public intellectuals in American society. Drawing from a wide range of commentaries and …

Publishers stand at a crucial crossroads in the process of production and distribution of
knowledge in any society. They are in a position to decide what is “in” and what is “out” of …

In contemporary global capitalism, the most powerful corporations are innovation or
intellectual monopolies. The book's unique perspective focuses on how private ownership …

Not all intellectuals are on the" left." Like other groups, their opinions are spread along a
curve. But in their case, the curve is shifted and skewed to the political left. By intellectuals, I …

Murray Weidenbaum has been a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the
Center for Strategic and International Studies, a speaker at meetings at the Brookings …

Almost every young intellectual who chooses to make a living as a professor in the American
academy faces the imperative to conform to the requirements dictated by the traditions and …