After an introduction to the major issues confronting intellectuals, this book explores the various aspects of the intellectual's role including:
* philosophers and academics who have tried to define the function of the intellectual
* how intellectuals have assumed the status of the conscience of the nation and the voice of the oppressed
* the interaction of intellectuals with Marxism
* the place of the intellectual in American society
Covering regions as diverse as Israel, Algeria, Britain, Ireland, central Europe and America, this collection considers the question of whether...

After introducing the major issues confronting intellectuals, this book explores the various different aspects of the intellectual's role. It includes: the place of the intellectual in American society; the interaction of intellectuals with Marxism; and philisophers and academics who have tried to define the function of intellectual. Covering countries as diverse as Israel, Algeria, Britain, Ireland, Eastern Europe and America, this collection considers the question of whether the intellectual can still lay claim to the language of truth. In answering, the study aims to tell much about the...

This book was the first English-language history of Poland from the Second World War until the fall of Communism. Using a wide range of Polish archives and unpublished sources in Moscow and Washington, Tony Kemp-Welch integrates the Cold War history of diplomacy and inter-state relations with the study of domestic opposition and social movements. His key themes encompass political, social and economic history; the Communist movement and its relations with the Soviet Union; and the broader East-West context with particular attention to US policies. The book concludes with a first-hand account...