Bibliograph

Hope & scorn, eggheads, experts, and elites in American politics, Michael J. Brown

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Hope & scorn, eggheads, experts, and elites in American politics, Michael J. Brown

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hope & scorn

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1138996671

Responsibility statement

Michael J. Brown

Sub title

eggheads, experts, and elites in American politics

Summary

"Michael Brown investigates the ever-fluctuating relationship between American intellectuals and national politics from the Eisenhower era to Obama's-a story of both persistence and evolution. In Brown's words: "intellectuals have been both whipping boys and wonder workers in American politics, targets of hatred and vessels of hope." Brown tracks political debates over intellectuals across the culture, encompassing an array of thinkers and contexts, from Adlai Stevenson to bell hooks. In crystal-clear and unburdened prose, Brown carries us through six key moments that reveal the larger trends and tensions that defined concerns over intellectuals, their formidable abilities, and their myriad shortcomings"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Manning the Barricades of Civilization -- A Candidate of Intelligence -- The Moralist and the Mandarin -- Critic, Counselor, Critic -- The Intellectual against Intellectuals -- Critical Organic Catalyst, Prophetic Pragmatist, and Public Intellectual

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Hope and scorn

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