{"product_id":"absent-minds-stefan-collini-9780199216659","title":"Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain","description":"A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, \u003cem\u003eAbsent Minds\u003c\/em\u003e provides the first full-length account of \"he question of intellectuals\" n twentieth-century Britain--have such figures ever existed, have they always been more prominent or influential elsewhere, and are they on the point of becoming extinct today? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecovering neglected or misunderstood traditions of reflection and debate from the late nineteenth century through to the present, Stefan Collini challenges the familiar cliché that there are no \"real\" intellectuals in Britain. The book offers a persuasive analysis of the concept of 'the intellectual' and an extensive comparative account of how this question has been seen in the USA, France, and elsewhere in Europe. There are detailed discussions of influential or revealing figures such as Julien Benda, T. S. Eliot, George Orwell, and Edward Said, as well as trenchant critiques of current assumptions about the impact of specialization and celebrity. Throughout, attention is paid to the multiple senses of the term \"intellectuals\" and to the great diversity of relevant genres and media through which they have communicated their ideas, from pamphlets and periodical essays to public lectures and radio talks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElegantly written and rigorously argued, \u003cem\u003eAbsent Minds\u003c\/em\u003e is a major, long-awaited work by a leading intellectual historian and cultural commentator, ranging across the conventional divides between academic disciplines and combining insightful portraits of individuals with sharp-edged cultural analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefan Collini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199216657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199216659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.17h x 6.15w x 1.12d","brand":"Stefan Collini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056647958783,"sku":"9780199216659","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a61143a8-d449-42de-a00a-76525e2a4d3e.jpg?v=1685042486","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/absent-minds-stefan-collini-9780199216659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}