In this timely book, the first comprehensive study of the modern American public intellectual--that individual who speaks to the public on issues of political o
In this timely book which has a new Preface and Epilogue, Posner charts the decline of the public intellectual, a venerable institution that includes worthies f
The author argues that the quality of writing and thinking of public intellectuals has steadily declined over the past seven decades, and offers some reasons wh
Whether intellectuals are counter-cultural escapists corrupting the young or secular prophets leading us to prosperity, they are a fixture of modern political l
This book demonstrates how authors performing the role of a public intellectual discuss ideas and opinions regarding society while using literary strategies and