| The notion that public intellectuals in the U.S. are in decline has again become fashionable with their portrayal as trapped between Academe and the",real", world. The questions addressed by this volume are: How can the voices of scholars and erudite thinkers penetrate the globalized, corporate media and how does media receive and represent the contribution of intellectuals to the academic and public spheres. We pose these questions all the while recognizing with Paul Bove the",the nonidentity of intellectuals as a group.",This collection of intriguing articles presents new scholarship on the role of the intellectual in a society, and specifically in Academe, from many different perspectives. Indeed, intellectuals have been negotiating access to public discourse for centuries, but never have their opinions been more crucial to the public good. The inspiration for this volume comes from Edward Said's notion of intellectuals whose role is to",uncover and elucidate the contest, to challenge and defeat both an imposed silence and the normalized quiet of unseen power, wherever and whenever possible.", |
