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The Public Intellectual: Between Philosophy and Politics
Author(s): Arthur M. Melzer (Editor), Richard M. Zinman (Editor), Saul Bellow (Contributor), John Patrick Diggins (Contributor), Pierre Hassner (Contributor), Josef Joffe (Contributor), Tony Judt (Contributor), Ira Katznelson (Contributor), Christopher J. Kelly (Contributor), Adam Michnik (Contributor), Martha Nussbaum (Contributor), Thomas A. Pangle (Contributor), Paul A. Rahe (Contributor), Jerry Weinberger (Contributor), Gordon S. Wood (Contributor), M Richard Zinman (Contributor)
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication Date: 19 Mar. 2003
- Language: English
- Print length: 280 pages
- ISBN-10: 0742508145
- ISBN-13: 9780742508149
Book Description
Whether intellectuals are counter-cultural escapists corrupting the young or secular prophets leading us to prosperity, they are a fixture of modern political life. In The Public Intellectual: Between Philosophy and Politics, Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman bring together a wide variety of noted scholars to discuss the characteristics, nature, and role of public thinkers. By looking at scholarly life in the West, this work explores the relationship between thought and action, ideas and events, reason and history.
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The editors have brought together a diverse and superb group of contributors. ― Society
About the Author
Arthur M. Melzer is professor of political science at Michigan State University. He is the author of The Natural Goodness of Man: On the System of Rousseau’s Thought (1990). He is also co-director of the Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy and an editor of its first five volumes of essays, the most recent of which is Politics at the Turn of the Century (2001). Jerry Weinberger is professor of political science at Michigan State University. His books include Science, Faith, and Politics: Francis Bacon and the Utopian Roots of the Modern Age (1985) and new editions of Bacon’s History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh (1996) and The Advancement of Learning (2001). He is the director of the LeFrak Forum, co-director of the Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy, and an editor of the Symposium’s first five volumes of essays. M. Richard Zinman is University Distinguished Professor of Political Theory in James Madison College at Michigan State University. He is executive director of the Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy and an editor of its first five volumes of essays.
