| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
public advocacy without public intellectuals |
| Author: |
McCormickSamuel, 1978- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
University Park, Pa. |
| Published: |
Pennsylvania State University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2011 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (197 p.). |
| Series: |
Rhetoric and democratic deliberation |
| Subject: |
Intellectuals - Political activity - |
| Subject: |
Rhetoric - Political aspects - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780271052328/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Summary: |
"Discusses the role of the intellectual in public life. Argues that the scarcity of public intellectuals among today's academics is a challenge to us to explore alternative, more subtle forms of political intelligence. Looks to ancient, medieval, and modern traditions of learned advocacy"--rovided by publisher |
| ISBN: |
9780271052328electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780271050737hbk. |
| Content Note: |
Minor political rhetoric , major western thinkers -- Remaining concealed: learned protest between stoicism and the state -- Mirrors for thequeen : exemplary figures on the eve of civil war -- Performative publicity : the critique of private reason -- Hidden behind the dash : techniques of unrecognizability -- Oppositional politics in the age of academia |