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Perry, L: Intellectual Life in America

By Lewis Perry

Perry, L: Intellectual Life in America Social Sciences

Perry, L: Intellectual Life in America

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This historical study of intellectuals asks, for every period, who they were, how important they were, and how they saw themselves in relation to other Americans. Lewis Perry considers intellectuals in their varied historical roles as learned gentlemen, as clergymen and public figures, as professionals, as freelance critics, and as a professoriate. Looking at the changing reputation of the intellect itself, Perry examines many forms of anti-intellectualism, showing that some of these were encouraged by intellectuals as surely as by their antagonists. This work is interpretative, critical, and highly provocative, and it provides what is all too often missing in the study of intellectuals--a sense of historical orientation.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
480
Release Date:
1989-02-15
Publication Date:
1989-02-15
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0226661016
ISBN13:
9780226661018
Weight:
744 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
228 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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