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Book SynopsisDaniel W. Drezner's The Ideas Industry looks at how we have moved from a world of public intellectuals to today's "thought leaders." Witty and sharply argued, it will reshape our understanding of contemporary intellectual life in America and the West.
Trade ReviewDrezner is a lively and engaging writer...Throughout the book he is balanced and measured, recognizing that the new era comes with benefits as well as drawbacks. * Nikita Lalwani and Sam Winter-Levy, Times Literary Supplement *
Drezner is a lively and engaging writer...Throughout the book he is balanced and measured, recognizing that the new era comes with benefits as well as drawbacks. * Nikita Lalwani and Sam Winter-Levy, Times Literary Supplement *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The TransmogrificationChapter 1: Do Ideas Even Matter?Chapter 2: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Changing the Marketplace of IdeasChapter 3: Academia and the War on CollegeChapter 4: The Disciplines, or, Why Economics Thrives while Political Science Survives in the Ideas IndustryChapter 5: The Think Tank RevolutionChapter 6: The Booming Private Market for Public Ideas
