The Company of Critics: Social Criticsm and Political Commitment in the Twentieth Century - Michael Walzer - Books - Basic Books - 9780465090617 - July 4, 2002
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The Company of Critics: Social Criticsm and Political Commitment in the Twentieth Century New edition

Michael Walzer

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The Company of Critics: Social Criticsm and Political Commitment in the Twentieth Century New edition

The Company of Critics provides a fascinating survey of the terrain of social criticism in the last century. Organizing the book as a series of eleven intellectual biographies, Michael Walzer tells not just the dramatic story of the cultural and political radical but also the more personal story of the meaning of criticism to the critic. By looking at the life and work of Julien Benda, Randolph Bourne, Martin Buber, Antonio Gramsci, Ignazio Silone, George Orwell, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault, and Breyten Breytenbach, Walzer explains the role of the public intellectual in the context of what he identifies as "the triumphs and catastrophes of our time: the two world wars, the struggles of the working class, national liberation, feminism, totalitarian politics."The new edition, featuring a new preface, contains Walzer's thoughts on his own role as a public intellectual and, most important, the challenges that lie ahead for the engaged social critic. With its unique emphasis on life as a proving ground for thought, The Company of Critics is a necessary addition to the literature of social and political engagement both within and outside of the academy.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released July 4, 2002
ISBN13 9780465090617
Publishers Basic Books
Pages 288
Dimensions 140 × 200 × 20 mm   ·   312 g
Language English  

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