| The Public Intellectual and the Culture of Hope Contributor(s): Faflak, Joel (Author), Haslam, Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442641843 ISBN-13: 9781442641846 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $72.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Canadian - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 305.552 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.8" W x 9.2" (1.35 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Public Intellectual and the Culture of Hope brings together a number of winners of the Polanyi Prize in Literature - a group whose research constitutes a diversity of methodological approaches to the study of culture - to examine the rich but often troubled association between the concepts of the public, the intellectual (both the person and the condition), culture, and hope. The contributors probe the influence of intellectual life on the public sphere by reflecting on, analyzing, and re-imagining social and cultural identity. The Public Intellectual and the Culture of Hope reflects on the challenging and often vexed work of intellectualism within the public sphere by exploring how cultural materials - from foundational Enlightenment writings to contemporary, populist media spectacles - frame intellectual debates within the clear and ever-present gaze of the public writ large. These serve to illuminate how past cultures can shed light on present and future issues, as well as how current debates can reframe our approaches to older subjects. |
Contributor Bio(s): Faflak, Joel: - Joel Faflak is Professor in the Department of English and Writing Studies and Director of the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities at Western University. Haslam, Jason: - Jason Haslam is an associate professor in the Department of English at Dalhousie University. |