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Thomas Bender explores both the nineteenth-century origins and the twentieth-century configurations of academic intellect in the United States. Periodic "crises" in our academic culture remind us that the organization of our intellectual life is a product of history--neither fixed by the logic of social development nor inherent in the nature of knowledge itself. At a time of much unease in academia and among the general public about the relation of intellect to public life, Thomas Bender explores both the nineteenth-century origins and the twentieth-century configurations of academic intellect in the United States. Intellect and Public Life pays special attention to the changing relationship of academic to urban culture. Examining the historical tensions faced by intellectuals who aspired to be at once academics and citizens, Bender traces the growing commitment of intellectuals to professional expertise and autonomy. He finds, as well, a historical pattern of academic withdrawal from the public discussion of matters of general concern. Yet the volume concludes on a hopeful note. With the demise of the classical republican notion of the public, Bender contends, there has emerged a more pluralistic notion of the public that--combined with the revival of interest in pragmatic theories of truth--may offer the possibility of a richer collaboration of democracy and intellect.

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Johns Hopkins University Press
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0801857848
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9780801857843
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Thomas Bender
Publication Name
Intellect and Public Life : Essays on the Social History of Academic Intellectuals in the United States
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Trade Paperback
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English
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Publication Year
1997
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200 Pages

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"The topic is a fascinating one, which is studied here with stimulating brevity and perception." -- Rosemary Park, Change, Bender's positive, generous, civil voice injects a soothing dose of optimism into current academic debates, and his invocation of 'public culture' delivers a needed antidote to the spurious concept that shares the same initial consonants., "Thomas Bender is our foremost cartographer of the intellect, the Mercator of the American mind." -- New York History, In this excellent collection... Bender's essays suggest an ingenious account, both intellectual and spatial, of the growth of professional society., "In this excellent collection... Bender's essays suggest an ingenious account, both intellectual and spatial, of the growth of professional society."--Peter Scott, Times Higher Education Supplement, "A finely wrought picture of academic life before disciplinary professionalization.." -- Daniel T. Rogers, History of Education Quarterly
Table of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Nineteenth-Century Origins of Academic Culture Chapter 1. The Cultures of Intellectual Life: The City and the Professions Chapter 2. Science and the Culture of American Communities Chapter 3. The Erosion of Public Culture: Cities, Discourses, and Professional Disciplines Part II: Twentieth-Century Patterns Chapter 4. E.R.A. Seligman and the Vocation of Social Science Chapter 5. The Emergence of the New York Intellectuals: Modernism, Cosmopolitanism, and Nationalism Chapter 6. The Historian and Public Life: Charles A. Beard and the City Chapter 7. Lionel Trilling and American Culture Part III: Conclusions and Reconsiderations Chapter 8. Academic Knowledge and Political Democracy in the Age of the University Epilogue Notes Index
Copyright Date
1992
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, General, United States / General
Lccn
92-011393
Dewey Decimal
001.1/0973
Dewey Edition
20
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science

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