In this comprehensive study of the modern American public intellectual - that individual who speaks to the public on issues of political or ideological moment - Richard Posner charts the decline of a venerable institution that included worthies from Socrates to John Dewey. With the rapid growth of the media in recent years, highly visible forums for discussion have multiplied, while greater academic specialization has yielded a growing number of narrowly trained scholars. Posner tracks these two trends to their inevitable ...
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In this comprehensive study of the modern American public intellectual - that individual who speaks to the public on issues of political or ideological moment - Richard Posner charts the decline of a venerable institution that included worthies from Socrates to John Dewey. With the rapid growth of the media in recent years, highly visible forums for discussion have multiplied, while greater academic specialization has yielded a growing number of narrowly trained scholars. Posner tracks these two trends to their inevitable intersection: a proliferation of modern academics commenting on topics outside their ken. The resulting scene - one of off-the-cuff pronouncements, erroneous predictions, and ignorant policy proposals - compares poorly with the performance of earlier public intellectuals, largely nonacademics whose erudition and breadth of knowledge were well suited to public discourse. Leveling a balanced attack on liberal and conservative pundits alike, Posner describes the styles and genres, constraints and incentives, of the activity of public intellectuals. He identifies a market for this activity - one with recognizable patterns and conventions but an absence of quality controls. He also offers modest proposals for improving the performance of this market - and the quality of public discussion in America today.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 400 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2001039196 Type of material Book Personal name Posner, Richard A. Main title Public intellectuals: a study of decline / Richard A. Posner. Published/Created Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001. Description vi, 400 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 067400633X (alk. paper) LC classification JK468. P64 P67 2001 LC Subjects Political planning--United States. Intellectuals--United States. Specialists--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 305.5/52/0973 Geographic area code n-us---
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