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020			_a9780679761273
082			_a305.552 _bSAI
100			_aSaid, Edward W.
245			_aRepresentations of the intellectual : the 1993 Reith lectures
260			_bVintage Books _c1996 _aNew York
300			_axix, 121 p. _c21 cm
365			_b16.00 _cUSD _d77.90
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a In these six essays--delivered on the BBC as the prestigious Reith Lectures--Edward Said addresses the ways in which the intellectual can best serve society in the light of a heavily compromised media and of special interest groups who are protected at the cost of larger community concerns. Said suggests a recasting of the intellectual's vision to resist the lures of power, money, and specialization. In these pieces, Said eloquently illustrates his arguments by drawing on such writers as Antonio Gramsci, Jean-Paul Sartre, Regis Debray, Julien Benda, and Theodore Adorno, and by discussing cur.
650			_aIntellectuals
650			_aIntellectuals in literature
650			_aTradition Philosophy
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