Creative Interventions (eBook)

The Role of Intellectuals in Contemporary Italy

Eugenio Bolongaro (Herausgeber)

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2020
475 Seiten
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-5465-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Who are "e;intellectuals"e;? What do they think their role and function in contemporary society is? Are they on the endangered-species list? Is equating conservatism with conservation becoming their dominant survival strategy?This book is a collection of essays that examines some of the changes in the activities, role, function and self-perception of Italian intellectuals since World War II (two major divides are considered to be the crisis of 1956-7 and the fall of the Berlin Wall). The first section examines some of the most influential figures in the early decades, the second the activities of contemporary intellectuals, a third gives voice to some contemporary writers, a fourth contains some comparative essays about the role of intellectuals in influential contemporary Western cultures and a final section is devoted to some cross-disciplinary forays and reflections on the relevance and possible future directions of these inquiries.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.6.2020
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-5275-5465-1 / 1527554651
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5275-5465-8 / 9781527554658