The intellectual

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Chomsky, Dawkins, Germaine Greer, Martin Amis ... with their regular TV appearances, newspaper columns and soundbites in times of crisis, intellectuals are indispensable characters in the drama of modern life. But what makes them tick? Modelled on Machiavelli's notorious tract on statecraft, The Prince, Steve Fuller's book dissects what it means to be an intellectual. What distinguishes them from philosophers, scientists, politicians or entrepreneurs? Why are they happy to be insulted as long a…

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Full title :The intellectual / Steve Fuller.

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Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Icon Books
Place of Publication:Thriplow
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

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Description:1 online resource (vi, 184 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1840466537, 9781840466539, 1840467215, 9781840467215, 9781840464467, 1840464461
oclc:ocn191662458
LC Classification:HM728
Dewey Decimal:305.552

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; FOUR THESES ON INTELLECTUALS; THE INTELLECTUAL AND THE PHILOSOPHER: A DIALOGUE; FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT INTELLECTUALS; POSTSCRIPT: WHAT BECOMES OF INTELLECTUALS WHEN THEY DIE?; FOR FURTHER READING; INDEX.