Coffeehouse
A collection of data blog posts from around the web

Main menu

Skip to content
  • Add your blog
  • About
Featured, Higher Education, Plato, Public Engagement

The price of public intellectuals: Controversial ideas expressed for benefit of fellow citizens deserve to be heard.

by Sierra Williams • May 9, 2014 • Comments Off on The price of public intellectuals: Controversial ideas expressed for benefit of fellow citizens deserve to be heard.
In his new book, The Price of Public Intellectuals, Raphael Sassower surveys the range of roles assigned to public intellectuals throughout history and across societies. Today public intellectuals remain overshadowed by the financial prowess of billionaire agendas and the popular tides of anti-intellectualism have further limited these voices. The goal of his book is to wake us up to the need for gadflies and jesters, […]

Post navigation

← National Digital Stewardship Residency Lessons Learned and Next Steps
May Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter Is Now Available →

Categories

Copyright © 2023 Coffeehouse. All Rights Reserved. The Magazine Basic Theme by bavotasan.com.