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The Intellectual: The Positive Power of Negative Thinking...
Steve Fuller
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Description for The Intellectual: The Positive Power of Negative Thinking...
hardcover. Get inside the complex world of the intellectual with Steve Fuller's brilliant and original exploration of this rare and exotic life form. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 139. Weight in Grams: 275. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Chomsky, Dawkins, Germaine Greer, Christopher Hitckens with their regular TV appearances, newspaper columns and soudbites in times of crisis, intellectuals are essential characters in the drama of modern life. But what makes them tick? This book dissects what it means to be an intellectual. What distinguishes them from philosophers, scientists, politicians or entrepreneurs? Why are they happy to be insulted as long as they are not ignored? Why do they thrive on conflict? And why is Batman the intellectual's favourite superhero? As well as a history of the intellectual from Ancient Greece to post-9/11, the author also provides an essential ... Read more
Chomsky, Dawkins, Germaine Greer, Christopher Hitckens with their regular TV appearances, newspaper columns and soudbites in times of crisis, intellectuals are essential characters in the drama of modern life. But what makes them tick? This book dissects what it means to be an intellectual. What distinguishes them from philosophers, scientists, politicians or entrepreneurs? Why are they happy to be insulted as long as they are not ignored? Why do they thrive on conflict? And why is Batman the intellectual's favourite superhero? As well as a history of the intellectual from Ancient Greece to post-9/11, the author also provides an essential ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Duxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781840466539
SKU
KSG0034702
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Steve Fuller
Steve Fuller is a trainee multi-media public intellectual. He has appeared on UK radio and has written for the New Scientist and The New York Times. By day Fuller is also Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick.
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