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Civility and Subversion

Civility and Subversion The Intellectual in Democratic Society

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Publisher's Synopsis

This 1998 book provides a sophisticated alternative to existing accounts of the role of the intellectual in modern democracy. Arguing that society suffers from a systemic deliberation deficit, Jeffrey Goldfarb explores the potential of the intellectual as democratic agent, at once civilizing political contestation and subverting complacent consensus. The sentimental Leftist view of the intellectual as guardian of democracy and the demonising Rightist view of the intellectual as obstructor of progress, are both shown to be flawed. Instead, intellectuals are portrayed as special kinds of 'strangers' who pay careful attention to their critical faculties, equipping them uniquely to address the most pressing issues of today. Professor Goldfarb deploys classical and contemporary social theory to analyse a diverse set of intellectuals in action, from Socrates in fifth-century Athens to Malcolm X and Toni Morrison in twentieth-century America, and, drawing on personal acquaintance, the political dissidents in Communist and post-Communist Central Europe.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521622202
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 321.8
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 253
Weight: 555g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 19mm