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Representations of the intellectual : the 1993 Reith Lectures

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  • "Reith lectures"@en
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  • "Reith lectures, 1993"

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  • "Zes essays over de rol van de intellectueel in de hedendaagse maatschappij."
  • ""What does it mean to be an intellectual at a time when a large proportion of the population is in the information business? Are intellectuals merely the specialized servants of special interests or do they have a large responsibility? In these wide-ranging essays, which were originally delivered as part of the BBC's prestigious Reith Lectures, one of our most brilliant and fiercely independent public thinkers addresses those questions with extraordinary eloquence. Edward Said sees the intellectual as an exile and amateur whose role it is "to speak the truth to power" even at the risk of ostracism or imprisonment. Drawing on the examples of Jonathan Swift and Theodor Adorno, Robert Oppenheimer and Henry Kissinger, Vietnam and the Gulf War, Said explores the implications of this idea and shows what happens when intellectuals succumb to the lures of money, power, or specialization. Representations of the intellectual embodies the very values that it upholds: relentless honesty, rigor of thought and conscience, and a sublime disdain for dogma."--P. [4] of cover."

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  • "Representations of the Intellectual"
  • "Representations of the intellectual : the 1993 Reid lectures"
  • "Representations of the intellectual : the 1993 Reith Lectures"@en
  • "Representations of the intellectual : the 1993 Reith Lectures"
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  • "Representations of the intellectual"
  • "Manifestaties van de intellectueel"
  • "Representations of the intellectual the 1993 Reith Lectures/ Edward W. Said"
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  • "Representations of the intellectual : the 1993 Reith lectures"
  • "Representations of the intellectual the 1993 Reith lectures"@en
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