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Absent Minds - Intellectuals in Britain (Hardcover)
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Absent Minds - Intellectuals in Britain (Hardcover)
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A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to
contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first
full-length account of 'the question of intellectuals' in
twentieth-century Britain - have such figures ever existed, have
they always been more prominent or influential elsewhere, and are
they on the point of becoming extinct today? Recovering neglected
or misunderstood traditions of reflection and debate from the late
nineteenth century through to the present, Stefan Collini
challenges the familiar cliche that there are no 'real'
intellectuals in Britain. The book offers a persuasive analysis of
the concept of 'the intellectual' and an extensive comparative
account of how this question has been seen in the USA, France, and
elsewhere in Europe. There are detailed discussions of influential
or revealing figures such as Julien Benda, T. S. Eliot, George
Orwell, and Edward Said, as well as trenchant critiques of current
assumptions about the impact of specialization and celebrity.
Throughout, attention is paid to the multiple senses of the term
'intellectuals' and to the great diversity of relevant genres and
media through which they have communicated their ideas, from
pamphlets and periodical essays to public lectures and radio talks.
Elegantly written and rigorously argued, Absent Minds is a major,
long-awaited work by a leading intellectual historian and cultural
commentator, ranging across the conventional divides between
academic disciplines and combining insightful portraits of
individuals with sharp-edged cultural analysis.
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