Intellectuals and the Crisis of Modernity (SUNY Series in Radical Social and Political Theory)

By Carl Boggs

Book Overview

This book explores the role of intellectuals in politics and social change from traditional society to the present. Its theoretical structure is based upon six distinct types of intellectual activity. The rise and decline of specific types is analyzed in the historical context of industrialization, technological change, shifting social forces, and the emergence of popular movements.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791415449
• ISBN13: 9780791415443
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher