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Intellectuals and Society is a non-fiction book by Thomas Sowell. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The book was initially published on January 5, 2010, by Basic Books . Intellectuals are defined as "idea workers" who exercise profound influence on policy makers and public opinion, but are often not directly accountable for the results.
Intellectuals and Society. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01948-9. Lay summary. 2011. The Thomas Sowell Reader. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02250-2. 2011. Economic Facts and Fallacies, 2nd edition. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465022038; 2013. Intellectuals and Race. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-05872-3. 2014. Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the ...
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The book could be compared with George Lakoff's 1996 book Moral Politics, which aims to answer a very similar question. Sowell's book has been published both with and without the subtitle "Ideological Origins of Political Struggles". Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate calls Sowell's explanation the best theory given to date. [2]
The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; [1] as such, the intelligentsia consists of scholars, academics, teachers, journalists, and literary writers. [2] [3]
Political Pilgrims: Travels of Western Intellectuals to the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba 1928–1979 (later Political Pilgrims: Western Intellectuals in Search of the Good Society) is a book published by American political sociologist Paul Hollander in 1981.
In February 2017, on the 50th anniversary of the essay's publication, a conference was held at University College London. [4] In 2019, a book based on this conference was published entitled, The Responsibility of Intellectuals: Reflections by Noam Chomsky and others after 50 years and edited by three Chomsky biographers, Nicholas Allott, Chris Knight and Neil Smith. [5]
Works about intellectuals, persons who engage in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who propose solutions for the normative problems of society.