Intellectual narratives
Subtitle: theory, history, and self-characterization of social margins in public writings
By: Alex Ching-shing Chan
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783034306959
Subjects: Intellectuals; Books and reading; Biography; Intellectual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of tables; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction : intellectual narratives as historical inquires and life reactions; title: A genealogy of social theory on intellectuals; title: The narrativist turn and the historical construction of intellectual self; title: Analysing and defending intellectual narratives; title: Readings and struggles : Hermeneutics of suspicion in the social context of intellectual life; title: Emplotment, or reaction on history, and intellectual self; title: Plots or distinctive personal characters acting for the social margins; title: Public writings of local intellectuals : the narrative completion; title: Conclusion; title: References; title: Appendix: A chronology of the emplotment of historical events in intellectual narratives; title: Index.