Intellectuals and society
By: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780465019489
Description: Sowell unravels the world of intellectuals in order to illustrate an important social phenomenon: how the thinkers of a society mold that society, leaving an impact on people in every walk of life, even if these thinkers are basically unknown to the world at large.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: Intellect and intellectuals; title: Knowledge and notions; title: Intellectuals and economics; title: Intellectuals and social visions; title: Optional reality in the media and academia; title: Intellectuals and the law; title: Intellectuals and war; title: Intellectuals and war: repeating history; title: Intellectuals and society.