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Word Power.

Authors :
Kolakowski, Leszek
Source :
New Republic. 10/29/90, Vol. 203 Issue 18, p28-32. 4p.
Publication Year :
1990

Abstract

Comments on the role of intellectuals in the political and economic spheres of the U.S. Question of the so-called responsibility of the intellectual; Fact that there has existed a comparatively numerous category of people who are no longer mediators in the old sense, but who deal with the substance of mediation itself; Emergence of a class of people who utilized the word as working material; Perception that the intellectuals are agents in the marvelous process of self-accumulation; Fact that the entire history of the anarchistic movement reflects a suspicion, even a hatred, of intellectuals.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00286583
Volume :
203
Issue :
18
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New Republic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
12032081