Intellectuals and the People
Angie Sandhu examines the relation between intellectuals and society through political theory and a consideration of contemporary debates in both Britain and the US. She sets out a new argument that calls for intellectuals to address their own e
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Intellectuals and the People Angie Sandhu Sheffield Hallam University
© Angie Sandhu 2007 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2007 978-0-230-54923-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-36164-9 ISBN 978-0-230-59026-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230590267 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sandhu, Angie, 1966– Intellectuals and the people/Angie Sandhu. p. cm. Includes index. 1. Intellectuals. 2. Social role. I. Title. HM728.S275 2007 305.5'52—dc22 10 16
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Contents Acknowledgements 1
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Introduction: The Role of the Intellectual
1
Part 1 Literature and Civility: Liberal Solutions to Political Conflict
11
2
Matthew Arnold, Culture and the Intellectual
13
3
The Habermasian Public Sphere
39
Part 2 Contesting Civil Order with Proletarian Experience
61
4
The Counter-Public Sphere
63
5
Thinking Subjects
79
Part 3 Impossible Subjects: Proletariats, Savages and Historical Materialism
99
6
The Savage and the Proletariat
101
7
Proletariats and Urban Intellectuals
128
Part 4 Radical Intellectuals and the People
153
8
Speaking for the People
155
9
Outsiders: Women and Radical Theory
190
Notes
215
Bibliography
236
Index
241
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Acknowledgements I would like to thank the Social Sciences team at Palgrave Macmillan and Jill Lake in particular for their interest in this project. I would also like to thank the English department at Sheffield Hallam for giving me a research post. This book has
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