Contribution to Book
Language and Limitations: Toward a New Praxis of Public Intellectualism
Global Academe : Engaging Intellectual Discourse
(2012)
Abstract
The representation of the economic, political, cultural and, more importantly, global interrelations between agents involved in the process of intellectual activity is at the core of the inquiry in this volume that scrutinizes a distinct transformation occurring in the modalities of intellectual production also detectable in the changing role of academics themselves. In our transitional era, due to a worldwide political and economic crisis since 2008, world powers are slowly shifting into different positions of authority making the debate concerning intellectual contributions to public discourse timelier than ever.
Stepping into the digital domain of Web 2.0, the essay by Tim Jensen and Kathryn Comer calls for a "public turn" in scholarship, a new praxis of public intellectualism. To this end, the authors recount their experience founding Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion, an online peer-reviewed journal.
Keywords
- Intellectuals -- United States,
- College teachers -- United States,
- Web 2.0 -- Social aspects,
- Learning and scholarship
Disciplines
Publication Date
January, 2012
Editor
Silvia Nagy-Zekmi and Karyn Hollis
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN
9781349298198
Publisher Statement
First published in 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan.
Copyright © Silvia Nagy-Zekmi and Karyn Hollis, 2012.
All rights reserved.
Citation Information
Comer, Kathryn, and Tim Jensen. "Language and Limitations: Toward a New Praxis of Public Intellectualism." In Global Academe, pp. 135-148. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2012.