Academics as Public Intellectuals
ISBN: 9781443807173
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Social Science; Education;

As public intellectuals academics formulate specialized knowledge to become understandable and relevant for people outside of the specialty. There are two main forms of such intellectual activity: dissemination and debating. Scientific knowledge is a cultural value in its own right and also of importance in public discourse. Due to the complexity of the challenges facing modern societies the intellectual role of individual academics and scholarly institutions is increasingly important Other ma...


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