{"product_id":"the-public-intellectual-and-the-joel-faflak-9781442641846","title":"The Public Intellectual and the Culture of Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Public Intellectual and the Culture of Hope \u003c\/em\u003ebrings together a number of winners of the Polanyi Prize in Literature - a group whose research constitutes a diversity of methodological approaches to the study of culture - to examine the rich but often troubled association between the concepts of the public, the intellectual (both the person and the condition), culture, and hope. The contributors probe the influence of intellectual life on the public sphere by reflecting on, analyzing, and re-imagining social and cultural identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Public Intellectual and the Culture of Hope \u003c\/em\u003ereflects on the challenging and often vexed work of intellectualism within the public sphere by exploring how cultural materials - from foundational Enlightenment writings to contemporary, populist media spectacles - frame intellectual debates within the clear and ever-present gaze of the public writ large. These serve to illuminate how past cultures can shed light on present and future issues, as well as how current debates can reframe our approaches to older subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel Faflak,Jason Haslam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442641843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442641846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.80w x 1.10d","brand":"Joel Faflak","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48995751788799,"sku":"9781442641846","price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-public-intellectual-and-the-joel-faflak-9781442641846","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}