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The Treason of the Intellectuals

The Treason of the Intellectuals

Benda, Julien
Kimball, Roger

Hardcover

PhilosophyGeneral SociologyPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 1138539171
ISBN13: 9781138539174
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 27 2017
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Julien Benda's classic study of 1920s Europe resonates today. The treason of the intellectuals is a phrase that evokes much but is inherently ambiguous. The book bearing this title is well known but little understood. This edition is introduced by Roger Kimball.

From the time of the pre-Socratics, intellectuals were a breed apart. They were non-materialistic knowledge-seekers who believed in a universal humanism and represented a cornerstone of civilized society. According to Benda, this all began to change in the early twentieth century. In Europe in the 1920s, intellectuals began abandoning their attachment to traditional philosophical and scholarly ideals, and instead glorified particularisms and moral relativism.

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