Intellectuals and the People

Angie Sandhu examines the relation between intellectuals and society through political theory and a consideration of contemporary debates in both Britain and the US. She sets out a new argument that calls for intellectuals to address their own elite locations in society by challenging notions of intellectual difference and autonomy.

ANGIE SANDHU is a Research Associate in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Introduction: The Role of the Intellectual PART 1: LITERATURE AND CIVILITY: LIBERAL SOLUTIONS TO POLITICAL CONFLICT Matthew Arnold, Culture and the Intellectual The Habermasian Public Sphere PART 2: CONTESTING CIVIL ORDER WITH PROLETARIAN EXPERIENCE The Counter-Public Sphere Thinking Subjects PART 3: IMPOSSIBLE SUBJECTS: PROLETARIATS, SAVAGES AND HISTORICAL MATERIALISM The Savage and the Proletariat Proletariats and Urban Intellectuals PART 4: RADICAL INTELLECTUALS AND THE PEOPLE Speaking for the People Outsiders: Women and Radical Theory Notes Index