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The American Intellectual Elite (Hardcover)
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The American Intellectual Elite (Hardcover)
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There are almost as many works about intellectuals as there are
intellectuals. Perhaps this is because intellectuals are masters of
the word and their mastery is often used to write about themselves.
Indeed, with the possible exceptions of sports figures and film
actors, intellectuals may be the most overpublicized people in
America. In this classic study, originally published in 1974,
Charles Kadushin examines the attitudes of that class of people
known as the American intellectual elite. While most works on
intellectuals first establish who should be included under the
title "intellectual," and debate their characteristics, Kadushin
instead sets forth a sociological history of leading American
intellectuals of the late 1960s. The book's concern, however, is
primarily with time and place. While The American Intellectual
Elite is very much about social circles and the networked "small
world" of intellectuals defined by the institutions such as the
journals and magazines around which they gathered, the uniqueness
of this volume is the recognition that fact must come before
theory. Thus, the collective attitude of leading intellectuals of
the sixties are presented in a straightforward and dispassionate
manner on topics as diverse as the Vietnam War, race relations,
foreign and domestic policy, and the place of intellectuals in the
resolution of such issues. Now in paperback with a new introduction
by the author, The American Intellectual Elite is an influential
work that will be valued by students of sociology, members of the
intellectual elite, and professionals and students of contemporary
American history.
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