Preface
Acknowledgments
The Sociology of Intellectual Creativity, by Don Martindale
A Structural Definition of the Intellectual Against the Background
of Three Historical Periods, by Aleksander Gella
Intellectuals and Powers: S.M.Lipset, Julien Benda, and Karl
Mannheim, by Gerald Popiel and Raj P. Mohan
The Role of the Intellectual in Revolutionary Institutions, by
William C. Martin
The End of the Old Polish Intelligentsia, by Aleksander Gella
The Third World and Developmentalism: Technology, Morality, and the
Role of the Intellectual, by Jay Weinstein
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors
RAJ P.MOHAN is Professor of Sociology at Auburn University in Alabama.
?Most sociologists who write on itellectuals portray them as
dissenters and critics, as mythbreakers. The contributors to this
volume, in contrast, see intellectuals as mythmakers who strive to
exercise power in their own right. This is a healthy corrective to
a onesided interpretation . . . Three contributions stand out:
Martindale's paper on men of knowledge in ancient societies;
Gella's first essay, on the structural definition of the
intelligentsia; and Popiel and Mohan's chapter on intellectuals and
powers. . . .?-Journal of Comparative Family Studies
?This is an interesting and readable volume, a challenging one on
an important subject. All essays deal with major issues. Raj Mohan,
an indefatigable and enthusiastic social scientist and editor, has
produced a most competent piece of work. The volume has an
impressive bibliography and a good index. It is an important and
original, in a sense courageous, study by a group of
scholars.?-International Social Science Review
"This is an interesting and readable volume, a challenging one on
an important subject. All essays deal with major issues. Raj Mohan,
an indefatigable and enthusiastic social scientist and editor, has
produced a most competent piece of work. The volume has an
impressive bibliography and a good index. It is an important and
original, in a sense courageous, study by a group of
scholars."-International Social Science Review
"Most sociologists who write on itellectuals portray them as
dissenters and critics, as mythbreakers. The contributors to this
volume, in contrast, see intellectuals as mythmakers who strive to
exercise power in their own right. This is a healthy corrective to
a onesided interpretation . . . Three contributions stand out:
Martindale's paper on men of knowledge in ancient societies;
Gella's first essay, on the structural definition of the
intelligentsia; and Popiel and Mohan's chapter on intellectuals and
powers. . . ."-Journal of Comparative Family Studies
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