Chomsky, Dawkins, Germaine Greer, Martin Amis ... with regular TV appearances, newspaper columns and cultural commentary, intellectuals are indispensable characters of modern life. But what is an intellectual? What distinguishes them from philosophers, scientists, politicians or entrepreneurs? Why are they happy to be insulted as long as they are not ignored? As well as a history of the intellectual from Ancient Greece to post-9/11, Steve Fuller introduces exemplars from the past - Voltaire, Sartre, Norman Mailer and Bertrand Russell - alongside many living examples in this essential guide to intellectual life.
- ISBN13 9781840467215
- Publish Date 2 February 2006 (first published 3 March 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Icon Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English