Overview: Builds on Jacoby‘s The Last Intellectuals, a modern classic published in 1987.Addresses multiculturalism, diversity, post-colonialism, utopian violence, civil wars, and state violence.Includes analysiThis book addresses the fate of intellectuals in modern culture and politics. Russell Jacoby’s seminal The Last Intellectuals: American Culture in the Age of Academe (1987, 2000) introduced the term “public intellectual” and gave rise to heated controversy. Here Jacoby assesses contemporary public intellectuals, their profound failings and limited achievements. The book includes biting a
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