Letters to power : public advocacy without public intellectuals / Samuel McCormick
- Author:
- McCormick, Samuel, 1978-
- Published:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2011
- Physical Description:
- 197 pages ; 24 cm.
- Series:
- Contents:
- Minor political rhetorics, major western thinkers -- Remaining concealed: learned protest between stoicism and the state -- Mirrors for the queen: exemplary figures on the eve of Civil War -- Performative publicity: the critique of private reason -- Hidden behind the dash: techniques of unrecognizability -- Oppositional politics in the age of academia.
- Summary:
- "Discusses the role of the intellectual in public life. Argues that the scarcity of public intellectuals among today's academics is a challenge to us to explore alternative, more subtle forms of political intelligence. Looks to ancient, medieval, and modern traditions of learned advocacy"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780271050737 (cloth : alk. paper)
027105073X (cloth : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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