The American Intellectual Elite - 9781138534209

Taylor & Francis

Introduction to the Transaction Edition, \nPreface and Acknowledgments, I. The Shape of Intellectual Life in America, 1. Who Are the Elite American Intellectuals?, 2. The Power and the Glory: The System of Intellectual Journals, 3. The Leading Circles, 4. Intellectuals and American Foreign Policy during the Cold War, II. The War in Vietnam: The Perspective of the Intellectual, 5. How the American Intellectual Elite Decided to Oppose the War in Vietnam, 6. The Triumph of Pragmatism, 7. The Vietnam Influentials, 8. The Lessons of Vietnam, III. American Social Problems and the Intellectual Elite, 9. What Is Wrong with America, 10. The Concerns of Intellectuals, 11. The Classic Issues: Foreign Policy and Domestic Reform, 12. Race Relations: The Expulsion of the Intellectuals, 13. The Great Culture Crisis, 14. No Gurus Here, IV. The Place of Elite Intellectuals in the Resolution of American Social Problems, 15. Intellectuals and Power, 16. Conclusion: The Role of the Elite American Intelly