Intellectuals and society / Thomas Sowell.
Publication details: New York : Basic Books, c2009.Description: ix, 398 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780465019489
- 046501948X
- HM728 .S69 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-376) and index.
Intellect and intellectuals -- Knowledge and notions -- Intellectuals and economics -- Intellectuals and social visions -- Optional reality in the media and academia -- Intellectuals and the law -- Intellectuals and war -- Intellectuals and war: repeating history -- Intellectuals and society.
Sowell unravels the world of intellectuals in order to illustrate an important social phenomenon: how the thinkers of a society mold that society, leaving an impact on people in every walk of life, even if these thinkers are basically unknown to the world at large.