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Intellectuals by Paul Johnson (1900, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060916575
ISBN-139780060916572
eBay Product ID (ePID)22138
Product Key Features
Book TitleIntellectuals
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral
Publication Year1900
FeaturesReprint
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorPaul Johnson
Book SeriesP. S. Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN88-045518
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal305.5520922
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisA fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an intriguing series of case studies, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sarte, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillan Hellman, Cyril Connolly, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Kenneth Tyan, Noam Chomsky, and others are revealed as intellectuals both brilliant and contradictory, magnetic and dangerous.
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- Oct 22, 2018
Do the words match the truth?
Be ready for some shocking revelations as Johnson walks through some mini-biographies of some famous "intellectuals" in history and contemporary. You think Rousseau has some good advice on how to raise children? Hmmm... perhaps we ought take a look at how he did - or in fact didn't - raise his own. You think Marx has a "scientific" approach to world history and economics? Think again. Johnson asks the simple question: how do the words match up with the deeds? Relatedly, just how truthful are these supposed truth-seekers and self-appointed advisors to humanity? Highly, highly recommended intellectual tonic. Johnson will make you re-think how you see these, and other figures he doesn't even cover, and how you see the academic endeavor overall.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
