Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain

by Stefan Collini

Book Overview

A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first full-length account of "he question of intellectuals" n twentieth-century Britain--have such figures ever existed, have they always been more prominent or influential elsewhere, and are they on the point of becoming extinct today?

Recovering neglected or misunderstood traditions of reflection and debate from the late...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199216657
• ISBN13: 9780199216659
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.2"