Letters to power public advocacy without public intellectuals
"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"--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Ã2011.
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| Series: | Rhetoric and democratic deliberation.
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 197 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780271050737 027105073X 0271050748 9780271050744 |
| Author Notes: | Samuel McCormick is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at San Francisco State University |
