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Anxious intellects : academic professionals, public intellectuals, and enlightenment values / John Michael.

By: Michael, John, 1953-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2000Description: x, 218 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0822324601 (cloth : alk. paper); 0822324962 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Intellectuals | Intellectuals -- United StatesDDC classification: 305.5/52/0973 LOC classification: HM728 | .M53 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-211) and index.
Contents:
Part one. Cultural authority, Enlightenment traditions, and professional anxiety. Publicity: Black intellectuals as inorganic representatives -- Pedagogy: Enlightened instruction as oppressive discipline -- Community: Pragmatism as a profession of anxiety -- Culture: Western traditions and intellectual treason -- Part two. Projected identities, universal illusions, and democratic discourse. The critic: Cultural studies and Adorno's ghost -- The scientist: Disembodied intellect and popular utopias -- The professional: Science wars and interdisciplinary studies -- Conclusion: Tattered maps.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-211) and index.

Part one. Cultural authority, Enlightenment traditions, and professional anxiety. Publicity: Black intellectuals as inorganic representatives -- Pedagogy: Enlightened instruction as oppressive discipline -- Community: Pragmatism as a profession of anxiety -- Culture: Western traditions and intellectual treason -- Part two. Projected identities, universal illusions, and democratic discourse. The critic: Cultural studies and Adorno's ghost -- The scientist: Disembodied intellect and popular utopias -- The professional: Science wars and interdisciplinary studies -- Conclusion: Tattered maps.

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