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Are public intellectuals condescending?

John Fea   |  September 26, 2023

Becca Rothfield writes: “If the academic humanities too often address only siloed experts, then pop philosophy too often addresses an audience of imagined idiots. And condescension is an especially risky vice for public intellectuals, because it conflicts with the very practice of public thinking.”

Check out her entire piece at Yale Review.

Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: Becca Rothfield, intellectuals, public intellectuals