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1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages) |
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SUNY series in radical social and political theory |
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SUNY series in radical social and political theory.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Intellectuals, Politics, and Theory -- 2. Pre-Industrial Society and the Origins of Jacobinism -- 3. Intellectuals and the Marxist Tradition -- 4. Modernity and the Transformation of Intellectuals -- 5. The University, Modernity, and the Diffusion of Technocratic Discourse -- 6. The Crisis of Modernity: Technocratic, Critical, and Other Intellectuals -- Epilogue: Intellectuals and the Collapse of Communism |
| Summary |
Annotation Examines the multiple and labyrinthine changes in intellectual life during the past two centuries of modernization. Boggs (social sciences, National U., Los Angeles) presents chronological chapters that discuss preindustrial society, Marxism, the university, modernity, and technocracy; an epilogue considers the reaction of intellectuals to the fall of communism. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-216) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Intellectuals.
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Social change.
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Social movements.
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Social Change
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social movements.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Intellectuals
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Social change
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Social movements
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Intellektueller
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Moderne
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Politischer Wandel
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Sozialer Wandel
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Intellectuelen.
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Postmodernisme.
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Intellectuals.
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Social change.
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Social movements.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585077436 |
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9780585077437 |
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