Intellectuals and the Crisis of Modernity

• Author(s): Carl Boggs,
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Pages: 222
• ISBN_10: 0791496961
  ISBN_13: 9780791496961
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / General ,

Description:... This book explores the role of intellectuals in politics and social change from traditional society to the present. Its theoretical structure is based upon six distinct types of intellectual activity. The rise and decline of specific types is analyzed in the historical context of industrialization, technological change, shifting social forces, and the emergence of popular movements.