Intellectuals and the people

Sandhu, Angie

Intellectuals and the people [Texte imprimé] / Angie Sandhu - Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 - 1 vol. (viii-243 p.) ; 22 cm

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Bibliogr. p. 236-240

Introduction: The role of the intellectual -- pt. 1. Literature and civility : liberal solutions to political conflict. Matthew Arnold, culture and the intellectual. The Habermasian public sphere -- pt. 2. Contesting civil order with proletarian experience. The counter-public sphere. Thinking subjects -- pt. 3. Impossible subjects : proletariats, savages, and historical materialism. The savage and the proletariat. Proletariats and urban intellectuals -- pt. 4. Radical intellectuals and the people. Speaking for the people. Outsiders: women and radical theory.

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