Comments on: #346 – Come Gather Round (the Computer) People http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082 musings, fragments, & shards of crackpottery Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:29:48 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Culture Rover http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082&cpage=1#comment-3182 Culture Rover Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:13:42 +0000 http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082#comment-3182 Citation Nation I forgot to cite the great <a href="http://www.georgescialabba.net/mtgs/" rel="nofollow">George Scialabba</a> above as the person from whom I borrowed the concept of the classic public intellectual as a generalist and humanist. See his moving opening essay on Noam Chomsky and Alexander Cockburn in <em>What Are Intellectuals Good For?</em> MJK aka CR Citation Nation

I forgot to cite the great George Scialabba above as the person from whom I borrowed the concept of the classic public intellectual as a generalist and humanist. See his moving opening essay on Noam Chomsky and Alexander Cockburn in What Are Intellectuals Good For?

MJK aka CR

]]> By: Culture Rover http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082&cpage=1#comment-3181 Culture Rover Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:05:41 +0000 http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082#comment-3181 Brian - Ah, yes, perhaps Bender's book was lurking somewhere in the back of my mind! I'm always glad to revisit his work. Thanks! MJK aka CR Brian – Ah, yes, perhaps Bender’s book was lurking somewhere in the back of my mind! I’m always glad to revisit his work. Thanks! MJK aka CR

]]> By: Brian Sholis http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082&cpage=1#comment-3180 Brian Sholis Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:34:02 +0000 http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082#comment-3180 Your use of the phrase "civic intellectual" necessarily brings to mind Thomas Bender's <em>New York Intellect</em>, which divides the city's history into three phases—Civic Culture, Literary Culture, and Academic Culture. Perhaps a current understanding of the possibilities and perils of "civic intellectuals" might benefit from looking into the characteristics Bender outlines in the first part of his book. With best wishes, Your use of the phrase “civic intellectual” necessarily brings to mind Thomas Bender’s New York Intellect, which divides the city’s history into three phases—Civic Culture, Literary Culture, and Academic Culture. Perhaps a current understanding of the possibilities and perils of “civic intellectuals” might benefit from looking into the characteristics Bender outlines in the first part of his book.

With best wishes,

]]> By: Culture Rover http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082&cpage=1#comment-3177 Culture Rover Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:48:25 +0000 http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082#comment-3177 Hi Tim - Happy thanksgiving! I give thanks for intellectual history! An additional category of public intellectualism that I was thinking about after this post was Gramsci's famous "organic intellectual." We might add that much-romanticized figure to the list as well. - MJK aka CR Hi Tim -

Happy thanksgiving! I give thanks for intellectual history!

An additional category of public intellectualism that I was thinking about after this post was Gramsci’s famous “organic intellectual.” We might add that much-romanticized figure to the list as well.

- MJK aka CR

]]> By: Tim Lacy http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082&cpage=1#comment-3175 Tim Lacy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:41:49 +0000 http://www.michaeljkramer.net/cr/?p=1082#comment-3175 Because of #3 and #4 above, I'm going to link to this tomorrow at USIH. The notion of public intellectualism is looking like it will be a central theme of next year's USIH conference. That biography of Goodman sounds mighty interesting! But I also like the Bicentennial idea as well. - TL Because of #3 and #4 above, I’m going to link to this tomorrow at USIH. The notion of public intellectualism is looking like it will be a central theme of next year’s USIH conference.

That biography of Goodman sounds mighty interesting! But I also like the Bicentennial idea as well. – TL

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