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"Pels uses detailed case studies to examine the ambiguous strangerhood of political intellectuals both on the left and the right such as Marx, Durkheim, Barres, Sorel, Freyer and Hendrik de Man. From the chequered genealogy of standpoint thinking, he develops a reflexive and critical sociology of spokespersonship which goes beyond the traditional dualisms of truth versus power, might versus right and left versus right. In doing so, he explores a new conception of objectivity which is rooted not in the methodology but in the social distribution of doubt, and which throws new light on the old question of whether outsiders are privileged with a deeper or more comprehensive view and may speak for a larger social reality.". The Intellectual as Stranger explores the historical association between images of the intellectual and those of the stranger, or the outsider to society. Using detailed case-studies, Pels examines the ambiguous strangerhood of political intellectuals such as Marx, Durkheim, Sorel, Freyer and Hendrik de Man.

Author

Dick Pels, 1948-

Publisher

Routledge, Sony Electronics [distributor

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781280317484

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Sociology