What is the role of the social scientist in public affairs? How have changes in the structure of the university system and the culture of academia reshaped the

In The Social Scientist as Public Intellectual, Charles Gattone addresses the question of the public role of the social scientist by reviewing the work of sever

Whether intellectuals are counter-cultural escapists corrupting the young or secular prophets leading us to prosperity, they are a fixture of modern political l

As public intellectuals academics formulate specialized knowledge to become understandable and relevant for people outside of the specialty. There are two main

The public sphere provides a domain of social life in which public opinion is expressed by means of rational discourse and debate. Habermas linked its historica