Intellectuals and the Crisis of Modernity--Translated Works of Modern Thought Series. Volume 5

Author: (American) Boguegs, translated by Li Jun and Cai Hairong
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book is a theoretical monograph that examines the crisis of modernity in intellectuals. It covers topics such as the origins of pre-industrial society and Jacobinism, the relationship between intellectuals and the Marxist tradition, the transformation of modern intellectuals, universities, and the dissemination of the discourse of technocracy in modernity. It is suitable for researchers of intellectual theory. The book explores the changes in the lives of intellectuals during the process of modernization. These multiple and often complex changes have persisted for at least two centuries and continue to this day. Around the political dimensions demonstrated by intellectuals in their ongoing struggles for ideological hegemony, the author raises a series of sharp questions: What are the main types of intellectual activity? How have they changed over time? What is the political role of intellectuals—is it hegemonic or anti-hegemonic, dominant or subversive? How have these roles changed as the crisis of modernity deepens? Have intellectuals become a class with distinct interests and values? Under what conditions would a critical or antagonistic class conducive to creating history form? If a truly radical democracy is to have a chance, it must emerge through the vitality of critical intellectuals and the empowerment of the masses—a hopeful "solution" to the crisis of modernity.