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Book SynopsisBroad in scope and stylistically diverse, these essays offer a fascinating overview of the links between thought, public exposition, and action in the fields of politics, science, and culture.
Trade Review'Wiseman offers a surprising range of topics; his editorial efforts enhance the overlapping insights... Even when one disagrees or is annoyed, one is rarely disinterested. That is no small achievement for some 250 pages.' -- Peter V. Krats University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015
Table of ContentsIntroduction - Nelson Wiseman (University of Toronto) Part I: What Are Public Intellectuals For? * The Public Intellectual and the Democratic Conversation - Janice Gross Stein (University of Toronto) * The Public Intellectual and Politics: Why Choices Matter - Hugh Segal (Chair of the Special Senate Committee on Anti-Terrorism) * 3. Public Thought and the Crisis of Underpopulation - Doug Saunders (Globe and Mail's European Bureau Chief) * What Are Intellectuals For? A Modest Proposal in Dialogue Form - Mark Kingwell (University of Toronto) Part II: Who Are They? * Public Intellectuals in Twentieth-Century Canada - Nelson Wiseman * Le Devoir, Forum for the Exchange of Ideas - Gregory Baum (University of Toronto, McGill University) * Quebec Public Intellectuals in Times of Crisis - Alain-G. Gagnon (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) * Navigating Gendered Spaces: Women as Public Intellectuals - Sylvia Bashevkin (University of Toronto) Part III: On the Front Lines * A Political Scientist in Public Affairs - Tom Flanagan (University of Calgary) * Personal Success vs. Public Failure: The Muting of Canada's Academic Intellectuals - Stephen Clarkson (University of Toronto) * Polling for Democracy - Michael Adams (Marketing Research and Intelligence Association) * A People's Intellectual - Maude Barlow (Council of Canadians, Blue Planet Project) * Canadian Economists as Public Intellectuals - Pierre Fortin (Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) * The Unbalanced Discussion of Aboriginal Policy - John Richards (Simon Fraser University) * "Brave New Ethicists": A Cautionary Tale - Margaret Somerville (McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law) Conclusion - Nelson Wiseman (University of Toronto) Contributors
