Lewis S. Feuer: The Scholar as Intellectual

• Published in: Society (New Brunswick) Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 339 - 344
• Main Author: Whitfield, Stephen J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.08.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Academic Disciplines; Alienation; Anti Intellectualism; Anti-imperialism; Careers; Congressional committees; Feuer, Lewis S; Feuer, Louis; History of ideas; History of Sociology; Hostility; Ideologies; Ideology; Intellectual History; Intellectuals; Knowledge; Novels; Philosophy; Political Science; Politics; Positivism; Power; Psychological Needs; Science; Social Problems; Social Sciences; Social theory; Sociology; Symposium: The Legacy of Lewis S. Feuer; Teaching; U.S.A; United States of America; Utopianism; Arthur O. Lovejoy; Positivism; Utopianism; Ideology; Intellectuals; Karl Marx; Anti-intellectualism

The career of Lewis S. Feuer spanned several disciplines—Philosophy, Sociology, Politics, and History (especially the History of Ideas); his books and articles covered several centuries, and were devoted primarily to exposing the emotional undercurrents that animated the thought of intellectuals. Fe...