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Public Intellectuals : A Study of Decline, With a New Preface and Epilogue
Public Intellectuals A Study of Decline With a New Preface and Epilogue Author:Richard A. Posner 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—Richard Posner charts the decline of a venerable institution that included worthies from Socrates to John Dewey. "Posner trashes fellow smarties who ex... more »pound on public issues outside their expertise … He fires both left and right, nearly always hitting the mark." —Peter Coy, Business Week "Posner's book is … infectiously contrarian and enjoyable in its arrogant, odd, admirably upbeat manner. The methods that he finds for skewering scholarly pontificators, deflating abstruse theorizing, and knocking puffed-up philosopher-pundits off their perches with an awkward fact or two, make Public Intellectuals a rare pleasure … When it comes to intellectual pretension, Richard A. Posner is a hanging judge." —Denis Dutton, Philosophy and Literature« less