Intellectuals From Marx And Tolstoy To Sartre And Chomsky

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Synopsis

Paul Johnson examines whether intellectuals are morally fit to give advice to humanity.Do the private practices of intellectuals match the standard of their public principles?How great is their respect for truth? What is their attitude to money? How do they treat their spouses and children - legitimate and illegitimate? How loyal are they to their friends? Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sartre, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillian Hellman, Cyril Connolly, Norman Mailer, Kenneth Tynan and many others are put under the spotlight. With wit and brilliance, Paul Johnson exposes these intellectuals, and questions whether ideas should ever be valued more than individuals.

Book details

Edition:
3
Series:
P. S. Series
Author:
Paul Johnson
ISBN:
9781780227139
Publisher:
Orion
Pages:
400
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-03-22
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1988
Copyright by:
Paul Johnson 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Biographies and Memoirs, Nonfiction