The first full-length account of 'the question of intellectuals' in twentieth-century Britain. Leading intellectual historian and cultural commentator Stefan Collini challenges the myth that there are no 'real' intellectuals in Britain, offering a persuasive analysis of 'the intellectual' as a concept as well as detailed discussions of influential figures such as T.S. Eliot, George Orwell, and Edward Said.
The first full-length account of 'the question of intellectuals' in twentieth-century Britain. Leading intellectual historian and cultural commentator Stefan Collini challenges the myth that there are no 'real' intellectuals in Britain, offering a persuasive analysis of 'the intellectual' as a concept as well as detailed discussions of influential figures such as T.S. Eliot, George Orwell, and Edward Said.
Stefan Collini is Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare Hall. A frequent contributor to The Times Literary Supplement, The London Review of Books, and other periodicals both in Britain and the USA, his previous books include Public Moralists (1991), Matthew Arnold: a Critical Portrait (1994), and English Pasts (1999). He is a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society.
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Introduction: The Question of Intellectuals Part One: The Terms of the Question 1: The History of a Word 2: A Matter of Definition Part Two: Fonder Hearts 3: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes 4: Of Light and Leading 5: Highbrows and Other Aliens 6: The Long 1950s I: Happy Families 7: The Long 1950s II: Brave Causes 8: From New Left to Old Chestnut Part Three: Comparative Perspectives 9: In their Natonal Habitat 10: Greener Grass: Letters from America 11: The Peculiarities of the French 12: The Translation of the Clerks Part Four: Some Versions of Denial 13: Clerisy or Undesirables: T. S. Eliot 14: Professional Cackling: R. G. Collingwood 15: Other People: George Orwell 16: Nothing to Say: A. J. P. Taylor 17: No True Answers: A. J. Ayer Part Five: Repeat Performances 18: Outsider Studies: The Glamour of Dissent 19: Media Studies: A Discourse of General Ideas 20: Long Views I: Specialization and its Discontents 21: Long Views II: From Authority to Celebrity? Epilogue: No Elsewhere
Introduction: The Question of Intellectuals Part One: The Terms of the Question 1: The History of a Word 2: A Matter of Definition Part Two: Fonder Hearts 3: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes 4: Of Light and Leading 5: Highbrows and Other Aliens 6: The Long 1950s I: Happy Families 7: The Long 1950s II: Brave Causes 8: From New Left to Old Chestnut Part Three: Comparative Perspectives 9: In their Natonal Habitat 10: Greener Grass: Letters from America 11: The Peculiarities of the French 12: The Translation of the Clerks Part Four: Some Versions of Denial 13: Clerisy or Undesirables: T. S. Eliot 14: Professional Cackling: R. G. Collingwood 15: Other People: George Orwell 16: Nothing to Say: A. J. P. Taylor 17: No True Answers: A. J. Ayer Part Five: Repeat Performances 18: Outsider Studies: The Glamour of Dissent 19: Media Studies: A Discourse of General Ideas 20: Long Views I: Specialization and its Discontents 21: Long Views II: From Authority to Celebrity? Epilogue: No Elsewhere
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