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- catalog abstract "Periodic "crises" in our academic culture remind us that the organization of our intellectual life is a product of history - neither fixed by the logic of social development nor inherent in the nature of knowledge itself. At a time of much unease in academia and among the general public about the relation of intellect to public life, Thomas Bender explores both the nineteenth-century origins and the twentieth-century configurations of academic intellect in the United States. Intellect and Public Life pays special attention to the changing relationship of academic to urban culture. Examining the historical tensions faced by intellectuals who aspired to be at once academics and citizens, Bender traces the growing commitment of intellectuals to professional expertise and autonomy. He finds, as well, a historical pattern of academic withdrawal from the public discussion of matters of general concern. Yet the volume concludes on a hopeful note. With the demise of the classical republican notion of the public, Bender contends, there has emerged a more pluralistic notion of the public that - combined with the revival of interest in pragmatic theories of truth - may offer the possibility of a richer collaboration of democracy and intellect.".
- catalog contributor b3803613.
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life.".
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Periodic "crises" in our academic culture remind us that the organization of our intellectual life is a product of history - neither fixed by the logic of social development nor inherent in the nature of knowledge itself. At a time of much unease in academia and among the general public about the relation of intellect to public life, Thomas Bender explores both the nineteenth-century origins and the twentieth-century configurations of academic intellect in the United States. Intellect and Public Life pays special attention to the changing relationship of academic to urban culture. Examining the historical tensions faced by intellectuals who aspired to be at once academics and citizens, Bender traces the growing commitment of intellectuals to professional expertise and autonomy. He finds, as well, a historical pattern of academic withdrawal from the public discussion of matters of general concern. Yet the volume concludes on a hopeful note. With the demise of the classical republican notion of the public, Bender contends, there has emerged a more pluralistic notion of the public that - combined with the revival of interest in pragmatic theories of truth - may offer the possibility of a richer collaboration of democracy and intellect.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Nineteenth-Century Origins of Academic Culture -- The Cultures of Intellectual Life: The City and the Professions -- Science and the Culture of America Communities -- The Erosion of Public Culture: Cities, Discourses, and Professional Disciplines -- pt. 2. Twentieth-Century Patterns -- E.R.A Seligman and the Vocation of Social Science -- The Emergence of the New York Intellectuals: Modernism, Cosmopolitanism, and Nationalism -- The Historian and Public Life: Charles A. Beard and the City -- Lionel Trilling and American Culture -- P.3. Conclusions and Reconsiderations -- Academic Knowledge and Political Democracy in the Age of the University -- Epilogue.".
- catalog extent "xix, 179 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Intellect and public life.".
- catalog identifier "0801844339 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Intellect and public life.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Intellect and public life.".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "001.1/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Community development, Urban United States History.".
- catalog subject "HT690.U6 B46 1992".
- catalog subject "HT690.U6 B46 1993".
- catalog subject "Intellectuals Political activity United States History.".
- catalog subject "Intellectuals United States Attitudes History.".
- catalog subject "Intellectuals United States Political activity History.".
- catalog subject "Political participation United States History.".
- catalog subject "Urban policy United States Citizen participation History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Nineteenth-Century Origins of Academic Culture -- The Cultures of Intellectual Life: The City and the Professions -- Science and the Culture of America Communities -- The Erosion of Public Culture: Cities, Discourses, and Professional Disciplines -- pt. 2. Twentieth-Century Patterns -- E.R.A Seligman and the Vocation of Social Science -- The Emergence of the New York Intellectuals: Modernism, Cosmopolitanism, and Nationalism -- The Historian and Public Life: Charles A. Beard and the City -- Lionel Trilling and American Culture -- P.3. Conclusions and Reconsiderations -- Academic Knowledge and Political Democracy in the Age of the University -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "Intellect and public life : essays on the social history of academic intellectuals in the United States / Thomas Bender.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".