false 1506703 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227927734m/1506703.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227927734s/1506703.jpg Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 55302 10 86312 book 1988 Intellectuals total:220|5:49|4:86|3:59|2:18|1:8| 220 810 358 33 10764 3.89 1374 252 44255805 759827 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 178 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 5 2 false Sat Jan 24 23:55:41 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 23:11:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 39674446 1711431 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 2 0 false Tue Dec 09 06:10:57 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 06:11:25 -0800 2008
The positive embodiment of this ideal is t...more...]]> 54269409 1850238 1506703 0060160500 9780060160500 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227927734m/1506703.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227927734s/1506703.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1506703.Intellectuals 3.88 8 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 3 0 false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 13:36:49 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 13:48:25 -0700 2009
I initially expected this book to discuss the thinking of the intellectuals therein. However, although Johnson wrote a bit about this, the bulk of the book was basic...more...]]> 66688105 988457 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 0 0 false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 17:33:31 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 17:40:04 -0700 2009
Johnson definitely has his own opinio...more...]]> 75961731 2879759 1506703 0060160500 9780060160500 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227927734m/1506703.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227927734s/1506703.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1506703.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 19:46:30 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 19:50:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51545942 1526509 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 4 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sat Apr 04 21:42:47 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 15:41:14 -0700 2009 -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-Percy Shelley
-Henrik Ibsen
-Karl Marx
-Leo Tolstoy
-Ernest Hemingway
-Bertolt Brecht
-Jean-Paul Sartre
...more...]]> 59028025 2392125 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 4 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 13:02:46 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 13:05:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 65287096 1691953 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Jul 28 11:52:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:53:47 -0700 2009 19391201 1052384 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 2 0 true Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 03 13:45:50 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 04 15:02:25 -0700 2009

Quotes:

"Thus the culture in which man lived itself an evolving, artificial construct, dictated man's behavior, and you could impr...more...]]> 40897095 1184922 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 3 0 false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 16:22:26 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 16:24:14 -0800 2008 1 2159456 141740 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 3 0 false Wed Jun 20 08:09:57 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 21:49:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 10914728 710201 89431 0061253170 9780061253171 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89431.Intellectuals_From_Marx_and_Tolstoy_to_Sartre_and_Chomsky 3.71 17 A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an intriguing series of case studies, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sartre, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillian Hellman, Cyril Connolly, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Kenneth Tynan, and Noam Chomsky, among others, are revealed as intellectuals both brilliant and contradictory, magnetic and dangerous.

]]> 1988 5 0 false Sun Dec 23 09:35:12 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 08:51:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 57606447 475943 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu May 28 07:42:41 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 07:43:29 -0700 2009 41769626 1860600 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Jan 03 17:18:44 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 17:19:22 -0800 2009 80781879 2582442 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 3 0 false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1991 Sat Dec 12 13:59:26 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 14:00:24 -0800 2009 40259652 1809407 1506703 0060160500 9780060160500 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227927734m/1506703.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227927734s/1506703.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1506703.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 2 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 16 16:47:31 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 16:48:21 -0800 2008 53336093 1258773 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 4 1 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1989 Mon Apr 20 08:34:56 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 08:35:21 -0700 2009 59673385 2417817 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 3 0 false Sun Jun 14 19:13:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 19:13:01 -0700 2009 5556205 216284 89431 0061253170 9780061253171 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89431.Intellectuals_From_Marx_and_Tolstoy_to_Sartre_and_Chomsky 3.68 220 A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an intriguing series of case studies, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sartre, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillian Hellman, Cyril Connolly, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Kenneth Tynan, and Noam Chomsky, among others, are revealed as intellectuals both brilliant and contradictory, magnetic and dangerous.

]]> 1988 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun Sep 02 19:53:45 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 19:55:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4060402 251317 55302 1842120395 9781842120392 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320m/55302.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170449320s/55302.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55302.Intellectuals 3.68 220 Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 1988 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Aug 03 23:23:06 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:41:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1506703