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Number of Pages538 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAbsent Minds : Intellectuals in Britain
Publication Year2007
SubjectEurope / Great Britain / General
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Subject AreaHistory
AuthorStefan Collini
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Reviews'clever and entertaining revisionist history....Absent Minds brilliantly exemplifies the sort of human, intelligent and accessible critique he so eloquently advocates'Michael Saler, TLS, 'Review from previous edition Stefan Collini's Absent Minds provided an intriguing analysis of the question of intellectuals in Britian during the twentieth century...a superb, well-writtian book with few discernible flaws...Collini has tackled a complex subject in an imaginative and compelling fashion, and Absent Minds will only enhance his reputation as the leading schloar of British intellectual history.'Michael D. Stevenson russel:the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies'Complex and challenging work.'Times Higher Education Supplement'Absent Minds is a tour de force by a scholar and critic at the height of his powers'James Wilsdon, Financial Times'Absent Minds is an intriguing, sometimes illuminating, book written with elegance and elan.'David Stack, The English Historical Review'Stefan Collini promises a panoramic view of British intellectuals in the 20th century ... with contemporary disquisitions on "media studies" and celebrity. Collini is expert at the urbane insertion of a dagger: Should be provocative fun.'Steven Poole, The Guardian'Collini should be praised for his rigour and integrity....Absent Minds is a provocative and impressive read.'Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph'This magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject'Terry Eagleton, New Statesman, reprinted in Guardian'a frequently brilliant survey'Mark Bostridge, Independent on Sunday'As a history of thinking about intellectuals, Absent Minds is a valuable study'Kenan Malik, Sunday Telegraph'...a splendidly challenging book'Bernard Bergonzi, The Tablet'clever and entertaining revisionist history....Absent Minds brilliantly exemplifies the sort of human, intelligent and accessible critique he so eloquently advocates'Michael Saler, TLS'...splendid new book...'Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian'...[a] magisterial study...Collini is a skilled portraitist and provides us with some judicious, vividly detailed cameos of such figures as Collingwood, T S Eliot, Orwell, A J P Taylor and Freddie Ayer...this magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste, with a handful of French and American thinkers thrown in for good measure, will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject. ,,,It is a stylish, finely analyticalstudy... his literary style combines journalism with erudition, in the best manner of the tradition he investigates... it is a superb distillation of several decades of research and reflection.... thismagnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste, with a handful of French and American thinkers thrown in for good measure, will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject.'Terry Eagleton, New Statesman'Absent Minds is first rate...immensely authoritative'Winston Fletcher, THES'a rich, subtle and complex book, which is a constant stimulus to thought...full of witty phrases'Robert Skidelsky, Prospect, 'Collini should be praised for his rigour and integrity....Absent Minds isa provocative and impressive read.'Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph, "Absent Minds is an intellectually challenging, thought-provoking book."--John W. Osborne, CLIO"Absent Minds is a tour de force by a scholar and critic at the height of his powers..."--James Wilsdon, Financial Times"Stefan Collini promises a panoramic view of British intellectuals in the 20th century...with contemporary disquisitions on 'media studies' and celebrity. Collini is expert at the urbane insertion of a dagger: Should be provocative fun."--Steven Poole, The Guardian"Collini should be praised for his rigour and integrity....Absent Minds is a provocative and impressive read."--Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph"This magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject"--Terry Eagleton, New Statesman, reprinted in Guardian"A frequently brilliant survey..."--Mark Bostridge, Independent on Sunday"As a history of thinking about intellectuals, Absent Minds is a valuable study"--Kenan Malik, Sunday Telegraph"A splendidly challenging book"--Bernard Bergonzi, The Tablet"Clever and entertaining revisionist history....Absent Minds brilliantly exemplifies the sort of human, intelligent and accessible critique he so eloquently advocates..."--Michael Saler, Times Literary Review"Splendid new book..."--Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian"A magisterial study....Collini is a skilled portraitist and provides us with some judicious, vividly detailed cameos of such figures as Collingwood, T.S. Eliot, Orwell, A.J.P. Taylor and Freddie Ayer...[T]his magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste, with a handful of French and American thinkers thrown in for good measure, will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject....It is a stylish, finely analytical study...[H]is literary style combines journalism with erudition, in the best manner of the tradition he investigates...[I]t is a superb distillation of several decades of research and reflection....This magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste, with a handful of French and American thinkers thrown in for good measure, will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject."--Terry Eagleton, New Statesman"Absent Minds is first rate...[I]mmensely authoritative..."--Winston Fletcher, THES"A rich, subtle and complex book, which is a constant stimulus to thought...[F]ull of witty phrases..."--Robert Skidelsky, Prospect, '...[a] magisterial study...Collini is a skilled portraitist and provides us with some judicious, vividly detailed cameos of such figures as Collingwood, T S Eliot, Orwell, A J P Taylor and Freddie Ayer...this magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste, with a handful ofFrench and American thinkers thrown in for good measure, will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject. ,,,It is a stylish, finely analytical study... his literary style combines journalism with erudition, in the best manner of the tradition he investigates... it is a superbdistillation of several decades of research and reflection.... this magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste, with a handful of French and American thinkers thrown in for good measure, will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject.'Terry Eagleton, New Statesman, 'Collini should be praised for his rigour and integrity....Absent Minds is a provocative and impressive read.'Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph, 'Review from previous edition Absent Minds is a tour de force by a scholar and critic at the height of his powers'James Wilsdon, Financial Times, "Absent Minds is an intellectually challenging, thought-provoking book."--John W. Osborne, CLIO "Absent Minds is a tour de force by a scholar and critic at the height of his powers..."--James Wilsdon, Financial Times "Stefan Collini promises a panoramic view of British intellectuals in the 20th century...with contemporary disquisitions on 'media studies' and celebrity. Collini is expert at the urbane insertion of a dagger: Should be provocative fun."--Steven Poole, The Guardian "Collini should be praised for his rigour and integrity....Absent Minds is a provocative and impressive read."--Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph "This magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject"--Terry Eagleton, New Statesman, reprinted in Guardian "A frequently brilliant survey..."--Mark Bostridge, Independent on Sunday "As a history of thinking about intellectuals, Absent Minds is a valuable study"--Kenan Malik, Sunday Telegraph "A splendidly challenging book"--Bernard Bergonzi, The Tablet "Clever and entertaining revisionist history....Absent Minds brilliantly exemplifies the sort of human, intelligent and accessible critique he so eloquently advocates..."--Michael Saler, Times Literary Review "Splendid new book..."--Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian "A magisterial study....Collini is a skilled portraitist and provides us with some judicious, vividly detailed cameos of such figures as Collingwood, T.S. Eliot, Orwell, A.J.P. Taylor and Freddie Ayer...[T]his magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste, with a handful of French and American thinkers thrown in for good measure, will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject....It is a stylish, finely analytical study...[H]is literary style combines journalism with erudition, in the best manner of the tradition he investigates...[I]t is a superb distillation of several decades of research and reflection....This magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste, with a handful of French and American thinkers thrown in for good measure, will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject."--Terry Eagleton, New Statesman "Absent Minds is first rate...[I]mmensely authoritative..."--Winston Fletcher, THES "A rich, subtle and complex book, which is a constant stimulus to thought...[F]ull of witty phrases..."--Robert Skidelsky, Prospect, 'As a history of thinking about intellectuals, Absent Minds is a valuable study'Kenan Malik, Sunday Telegraph, 'This magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual castewill prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject'Terry Eagleton, New Statesman, reprinted in Guardian, ''As a history of thinking about intellectuals, Absent Minds is a valuablestudy.''Kenan Malik, Sunday Telegraph, 'Stefan Collini promises a panoramic view of British intellectuals in the 20th century ... with contemporary disquisitions on "media studies" and celebrity. Collini is expert at the urbane insertion of a dagger: Should be provocative fun.'Steven Poole, The Guardian, 'Stefan Collini promises a panoramic view of British intellectuals in the20th century ... with contemporary disquisitions on "media studies" andcelebrity. Collini is expert at the urbane insertion of a dagger: Should beprovocative fun.'Steven Poole, The Guardian, 'This magnificently perceptive survey of the British intellectual caste will prove hard to outstrip as the definitive account of its subject'Terry Eagleton, New Statesman, reprinted in Guardian
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal941.082086/31
Table Of ContentIntroduction: The Question of IntellectualsPart One: The Terms of the Question1. The History of a Word2. A Matter of DefinitionPart Two: Fonder Hearts3. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes4. Of Light and Leading5. Highbrows and Other Aliens6. The Long 1950s I: Happy Families7. The Long 1950s II: Brave Causes8. From New Left to Old ChestnutPart Three: Comparative Perspectives9. In their Natonal Habitat10. Greener Grass: Letters from America11. The Peculiarities of the French12. The Translation of the ClerksPart Four: Some Versions of Denial13. Clerisy or Undesirables: T. S. Eliot14. Professional Cackling: R. G. Collingwood15. Other People: George Orwell16. Nothing to Say: A. J. P. Taylor17. No True Answers: A. J. AyerPart Five: Repeat Performances18. Outsider Studies: The Glamour of Dissent19. Media Studies: A Discourse of General Ideas20. Long Views I: Specialization and its Discontents21. Long Views II: From Authority to Celebrity?Epilogue: No Elsewhere
SynopsisA richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first full-length account of 'the question of intellectuals' in twentieth-century Britain - have such figures ever existed, have they always been more prominent or influential elsewhere, and are they on the point of becoming extinct today? Recovering neglected or misunderstood traditions of reflection and debate from the late nineteenth century through to the present, Stefan Collini challenges the familiar cliche that there are no 'real' intellectuals in Britain. The book offers a persuasive analysis of the concept of 'the intellectual' and an extensive comparative account of how this question has been seen in the USA, France, and elsewhere in Europe. There are detailed discussions of influential or revealing figures such as Julien Benda, T. S. Eliot, George Orwell, and Edward Said, as well as trenchant critiques of current assumptions about the impact of specialization and celebrity. Throughout, attention is paid to the multiple senses of the term 'intellectuals' and to the great diversity of relevant genres and media through which they have communicated their ideas, from pamphlets and periodical essays to public lectures and radio talks. Elegantly written and rigorously argued, Absent Minds is a major, long-awaited work by a leading intellectual historian and cultural commentator, ranging across the conventional divides between academic disciplines and combining insightful portraits of individuals with sharp-edged cultural analysis., A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first full-length account of "he question of intellectuals" n twentieth-century Britain--have such figures ever existed, have they always been more prominent or influential elsewhere, and are they on the point of becoming extinct today? Recovering neglected or misunderstood traditions of reflection and debate from the late nineteenth century through to the present, Stefan Collini challenges the familiar clich that there are no "real" intellectuals in Britain. The book offers a persuasive analysis of the concept of 'the intellectual' and an extensive comparative account of how this question has been seen in the USA, France, and elsewhere in Europe. There are detailed discussions of influential or revealing figures such as Julien Benda, T. S. Eliot, George Orwell, and Edward Said, as well as trenchant critiques of current assumptions about the impact of specialization and celebrity. Throughout, attention is paid to the multiple senses of the term "intellectuals" and to the great diversity of relevant genres and media through which they have communicated their ideas, from pamphlets and periodical essays to public lectures and radio talks. Elegantly written and rigorously argued, Absent Minds is a major, long-awaited work by a leading intellectual historian and cultural commentator, ranging across the conventional divides between academic disciplines and combining insightful portraits of individuals with sharp-edged cultural analysis., A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first full-length account of "he question of intellectuals" n twentieth-century Britain--have such figures ever existed, have they always been more prominent or influential elsewhere, and are they on the point of becoming extinct today? Recovering neglected or misunderstood traditions of reflection and debate from the late nineteenth century through to the present, Stefan Collini challenges the familiar cliché that there are no "real" intellectuals in Britain. The book offers a persuasive analysis of the concept of 'the intellectual' and an extensive comparative account of how this question has been seen in the USA, France, and elsewhere in Europe. There are detailed discussions of influential or revealing figures such as Julien Benda, T. S. Eliot, George Orwell, and Edward Said, as well as trenchant critiques of current assumptions about the impact of specialization and celebrity. Throughout, attention is paid to the multiple senses of the term "intellectuals" and to the great diversity of relevant genres and media through which they have communicated their ideas, from pamphlets and periodical essays to public lectures and radio talks. Elegantly written and rigorously argued, Absent Minds is a major, long-awaited work by a leading intellectual historian and cultural commentator, ranging across the conventional divides between academic disciplines and combining insightful portraits of individuals with sharp-edged cultural analysis., The first full-length account of 'the question of intellectuals' in twentieth-century Britain. Leading intellectual historian and cultural commentator Stefan Collini challenges the myth that there are no 'real' intellectuals in Britain, offering a persuasive analysis of 'the intellectual' as a concept as well as detailed discussions of influential figures such as T.S. Eliot, George Orwell, and Edward Said.
LC Classification NumberDA566.4.C58 2007
