Offers a critique about but not for intellectuals that explores their impact on public opinion policy and society at large. This title not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constrai... Lees meer.

The purpose of this book is to present some general and major themes of the theological formulation of the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition as these themes intersect with contemporary perspectives. It provides a fine starting point for further reflection and a solid fo... Lees meer.

This text is about intellectual life its spirit conditions and methods. This is above all a practical book. It discusses with a wealth of illustration and insight such subjects as the organization of the intellectual worker s time materials and his life the inte... Lees meer.

When Intellectual Impostures was published in France it sent shock waves through the Left Bank establishment. When it was published in Britain it provoked impassioned debate. Sokal and Bricmont examine the canon of French postmodernists - Lacan Kristeva Baudrillard... Lees meer.

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law expertly written by the world s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive an... Lees meer.

This book uncovers practices surrounding acts of collecting surveying and antiquarianism during British colonial rule in India. By examining these practices this book traces the colonial conditions of the production of sources the forging of a new historical method... Lees meer.

This book will equip clinical psychologists in training with the skills to complete a clinical placement in the field of intellectual disability. The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice will equip clinical psychologists in training... Lees meer.

In an era when intellectual and artistic life is increasingly being distorted by political dogmatism Julien Benda s Treason of the Intellectuals is a classic that speaks with a new and extraordinary urgency. Benda s essay published by ERIS in a new translation by Davi... Lees meer.

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How intellectuals as a class affect modern societies by shaping the climate of opinion in which official policies develop-on issues ranging from economics to law to war and peace... Lees meer.

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This book demonstrates how authors performing the role of a public intellectual discuss ideas and opinions regarding society while using literary strategies and devices in and beyond the text. Their assumed persona thereby reads the world as a book - interpreting it and... Lees meer.

A Study of the Disputation between Bartlome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda on the religious and iltellectual capacity of the American Indians.... Lees meer.

One of the most distinguished cultural and intellectual historians of our time Frank Turner taught a landmark Yale University lecture course on European intellectual history that drew scores of students over many years. His lectures lucid accessible beautifully writt... Lees meer.

Visionary in scope Intellectual Capital is the first book that shows how to turn the untapped knowledge of an organization into its greatest competitive weapon. Thomas A. Stewart demonstrates how knowledge--not natural resources machinery or financial capital--has b... Lees meer.