Download e-book for kindle: Intellectuals and the Public Good: Creativity and Civil by Barbara A. Misztal

By Barbara A. Misztal

ISBN-10: 0521847184

ISBN-13: 9780521847186

ISBN-10: 1107404916

ISBN-13: 9781107404915

Creativity and civil braveness are significant dimensions of an intellectual's authority and give a contribution in the direction of the enrichment of democracy. This e-book, first released in 2007, develops a sociological account of civil braveness and inventive behaviour with a view to improve our knowing of the character of intellectuals' involvement in society. Barbara A. Misztal employs either theoretical-analytic and empirical elements to improve a typology of intellectuals who've proven civil braveness and examines the biographies of twelve Nobel Peace Prize laureates, together with Elie Wiesel, Andrei Sakharov and Linus C. Pauling, to demonstrate acts of braveness that have embodied the values of civil society. She advances our figuring out of the character of intellectuals' public involvement and their contribution to social health. within the present weather of worry and lack of confidence, as governments are compelled to accommodate problems with expanding complexity, it is a pioneering sociological ebook with a hugely unique approach.

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