| Intellectuals and the Crisis of Modernity Contributor(s): Boggs, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791415430 ISBN-13: 9780791415436 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Political Science |
| Dewey: 303.4 |
| LCCN: 92031368 |
| Series: Suny Radical Social and Political Theory |
| Physical Information: (1.08 lbs) 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |