Intellectuals in Contemporary Social Theory
A Radical Critique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2274178 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clyde W Barrow (0000-0002-6846-3728, Mitchell Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 415-427 |
| Publication date | 1987-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1987.tb00247.x |
| OpenAlex | W2159603200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 36 |
Contemporary social theorists have been remarkably consistent in advocating an analytically defined ideal-type of the modern intellectual. This ideal-type presents the intellectual as a politically autonomous critic pursuing knowledge for its own sake. I argue that this concept rests on the presupposition of specific empirical and historical conditions concerning the social organization of intellectuals. To the degree that these presuppositions are 'falsifiable' by a historically grounded framework of intellectual 'action,' one may challenge the 'epistemological' claims of modern intellectuals with a 'class conscious' sociology of knowledge
Action (physics) · Epistemology · Falsifiability · Ideal (ethics) · Ideal type · Presupposition · Social science · Sociology · Attention Economy in Education and Business · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration · Philosophy · Social Representations and Identity
International Political Economy and Mass Communication in Chile
Public sociology and the governance of possibility
On the Political Sociology of Intellectuals
China's Technocratic Movement and the World Economic Herald
Styles of Intellectualism in Weber's Historical Sociology
Three Kinds of Anti-Intellectualism
The production and distribution of knowledge in the United States.
Classes in contemporary capitalism
Intellectuals and Politics (Routledge Revivals)
Science and the Sociology of Knowledge
The intellectuals on the road to class power
The Structure of Science
Science as a Vocation
The State in Capitalist Society
The rise and fall of project Camelot
Aspects of Scientific Explanation
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method
The Technical Intelligentsia and the East German Elite
Ideology and the Ideologists
The American University
The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class
Toward a Rational Society
Technical Intelligence and the Capitalist Division of Labor
The Epistemology of Sociology
Power without Property
Class Boundaries in Advanced Capitalist Societies
Erkenntnis und Interesse
Political power and social classes
Social Theory and Social Structure
Problems of knowledge and freedom
Political Theory and the Problem of Ideology
The Academic Mind at the Top
How and Where to Find Intellectual Elite in the United States
Methodology of Social Sciences
Post-Industrial Society
Men of Ideas
Toward a Critical Sociology
Intellectuals and the Working Class
The Intellectuals
Social Theory and Political Practice
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2009 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |