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Public Intellectuals and Their Discontents

From Europe to Iran

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Authors:
  1. Yadullah Shahibzadeh

    1. Oslo, Norway

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  • Presents two comparative case studies: the Iranian Revolution and the public intellectuals in Europe, specifically in Norway

  • Analyzes the rise of the figure of the universal intellectual in various forms in Iran and Europe

  • Provides contribution is a comparative politico-intellectual history of the European and Iranian politics

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 1-12

  3. Formation of the Intellectual

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 13-45

  4. True and False Universality

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 47-80

  5. From the Universal to the Specific Intellectual

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 81-103

  6. Renovations of the Intellectual

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 105-130

  7. Toward the American New Century

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 131-154

  8. The Intellectuals and the Last Revolution

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 155-182

  9. A Perfect Democracy and Its Intellectuals

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 183-214

  10. The Decay of the Intellectual

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 215-247

  11. Conclusion

    • Yadullah Shahibzadeh
    Pages 249-259

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 261-288
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About this book

This book addresses the ways in which the figure of the intellectuals and their relationship to the public has been theorized through the conceptualizations of bureaucracy, democracy, and communism as universal processes from the 19th century to the present. Starting with Hegel and Marx, the author looks at the rise of the figure of the universal intellectual in various forms, before turning to what is presented as a transformation of the figure of the intellectual into ‘the public intellectual’ advanced by the New Philosophies and the critical response offered by Edward Said. The study presents two comparative case studies: the Iranian Revolution and the public intellectuals in Europe, specifically in Norway, before concluding with a focus on the decay of the figure of the intellectuals and highlighting Ranciere’s critique of the intellectual/masses distinction.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Oslo, Norway

    Yadullah Shahibzadeh

About the author

Yadullah Shahibzadeh is author of The Iranian Political Language: From the late Nineteenth Century to the Present (2015) and Islamism and Post-Islamism in Iran: An Intellectual History (2016). Previously, he taught at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Public Intellectuals and Their Discontents

  • Book Subtitle: From Europe to Iran

  • Authors: Yadullah Shahibzadeh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56588-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56587-9Published: 01 October 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56590-9Published: 02 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56588-6Published: 30 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 288

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, Political History, Political Theory

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