Intellectuals in Politics: From the Dreyfus Affair to Salman Rushdie (Creating the North American Landscape (Paperback))

After an introduction to the major issues confronting intellectuals, this book explores the various aspects of the intellectual's role including:\* philosophers and academics who have tried to define the function of the intellectual\* how intellectuals have assumed the status of the conscience of the nation and the voice of the oppressed\* the interaction of intellectuals with Marxism\* the place of the intellectual in American societyCovering regions as diverse as Israel, Algeria, Britain, Ireland, central Europe and America, this collection considers the question of whether the intellectual can still lay claim to the language of truth. In answering, this study tells us much about the modern world in which we live.Coverage includes the following thinkers: Gramsci, Weber, Yeats, Auden, Levy, Mailer, Walzer, Marx and many more. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Contributors......Page 8 The century of the intellectual: from the Dreyfus Affair to Salman Rushdie......Page 10 The intellectual as social critic: Antonio Gramsci and Michael Walzer......Page 34 Between autonomy and responsibility: Max Weber on scholars, academics and intellectuals......Page 54 Of treason, blindness and silence: dilemmas of the intellectual in modern France......Page 74 Algeria and the dual image of the intellectual......Page 98 Between the word and the land: intellectuals and the State in Israel......Page 111 A product of history, not a cause? Yeats, the 'Auden generation', and the politics of poetry, 1891 1939......Page 129 Revolutionaries and dissidents: the role of the Russian intellectualin the downfall of Tsarism and Communism......Page 158 Politics and the Polish intellectuals, 1945 89......Page 178 Intellectuals and socialism: making and breaking the proletariat......Page 204 Freedom, commitment and Marxism: the predicament of independent intellectuals in the United States, 1910 41......Page 234 The tragic predicament: post-war American intellectuals, acceptance and mass culture......Page 257 Are intellectuals a dying species? War and the Ivory Tower in the postmodern age......Page 280 What truth? For whom and where?......Page 298 Index......Page 309 1. The Century Of The Intellectual: From The Dreyfus Affair To Salman Rushdie / Jeremy Jennings And Tony Kemp-welch -- 2. The Intellectual As Social Critic: Antonio Gramsci And Michael Walzer / Richard Bellamy -- 3. Between Autonomy And Responsibility: Max Weber On Scholars, Academics And Intellectuals / Alan Scott -- 4. Of Treason, Blindness And Silence: Dilemmas Of The Intellectual In Modern France / Jeremy Jennings -- 5. Algeria And The Dual Image Of The Intellectual / Lahouari Addi -- 6. Between The Word And The Land: Intellectuals And The State In Israel / Shlomo Sand -- 7. A Product Of History, Not A Cause? Yeats, The 'auden Generation', And The Politics Of Poetry, 1891-1939 / D. George Boyce -- 8. Revolutionaries And Dissidents: The Role Of The Russian Intellectual In The Downfall Of Tsarism And Communism / Edward Acton -- 9. Politics And The Polish Intellectuals, 1945-89 / Tony Kemp-welch. Edited By Jeremy Jennings And Anthony Kemp-welch. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. After an introduction to the major issues confronting intellectuals, this book explores the various aspects of the intellectual's role * philosophers and academics who have tried to define the function of the intellectual * how intellectuals have assumed the status of the conscience of the nation and the voice of the oppressed * the interaction of intellectuals with Marxism * the place of the intellectual in American society Covering regions as diverse as Israel, Algeria, Britain, Ireland, central Europe and America, this collection considers the question of whether the intellectual can still lay claim to the language of truth. In answering, this study tells us much about the modern world in which we live. Coverage includes the following Gramsci, Weber, Yeats, Auden, Levy, Mailer, Walzer, Marx and many more. The central issue of the responsibility of the intellectual is inextricably linked to the question of autonomy and, more broadly, the position from which the intellectual chooses to engage in social and political criticism. This wide-ranging investigation explores the influence of thinkers from diverse intellectual backgrounds on the development of twentieth century culture, and in so doing tells us much about the modern world in which we live