Letters to Power [Recurso electrónico] : Public Advocacy Without Public Intellectuals / Samuel McCormick.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Minor political rhetoric , major western thinkers -- Remaining concealed: learned protest between stoicism and the state -- Mirrors for the queen : exemplary figures on the eve of civil war -- Performative publicity : the critique of private reason -- Hidden behind the dash : techniques of unrecognizability -- Oppositional politics in the age of academia.

Libro Electrónico

"Discusses the role of the intellectual in public life. Argues that the scarcity of public intellectuals among today's academics is a challenge to us to explore alternative, more subtle forms of political intelligence. Looks to ancient, medieval, and modern traditions of learned advocacy"-- Provided by publisher.

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