John McGowan 
Democracy’s Children [PDF ebook] 
Intellectuals and the Rise of Cultural Politics

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How do American intellectuals try to achieve their political and social goals? By what means do they articulate their hopes for change? John Mc Gowan seeks to identify the goals and strategies of contemporary humanistic intellectuals who strive to shape the politics and culture of their time. In a lively mix of personal reflection and shrewd analysis, Mc Gowan visits the sites of intellectual activity (scholarly publications, professional conferences, the classroom, and the university) and considers the hazards of working within such institutional contexts to effect change outside the academy. Democracy’s Children considers the historical trajectory that produced current intellectual practices. Mc Gowan links the growing prestige of "culture" since 1800 to the growth of democracy and the obsession with modernity and explores how intellectuals became both custodians and creators of culture. Caught between fears of culture’s irrelevance and dreams of its omnipotence, intellectuals pursue a cultural politics that aims for wide-ranging social transformations. For better or worse, Mc Gowan says, the humanities are now tied to culture and to the university. The opportunities and frustrations attendant on this partnership resonate with the larger successes and failures of contemporary democratic societies. His purpose in this collection of essays is to illuminate the conditions under which intellectuals in a democracy work and at the same time to promote intellectual activities that further democratic ideals.

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Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 262 ● ISBN 9781501720963 ● Verlag Cornell University Press ● Erscheinungsjahr 2018 ● herunterladbar 3 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 5803974 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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