51. The intellectuals and capitalism.
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Fontaine, Philippe
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IMPERIALISM & society , *INTELLECTUALS , *SOCIOLOGY , *SOCIAL sciences , *TWENTIETH century , *INTELLECTUAL life - Abstract
The article focuses on the paper "British sociology and public intellectuals: consumer society and imperial decline," by Bryan Turner. Philippe Fontaine reviews the fact that sociologist have failed to document the gradual fall Great Britain from world power status, and discusses R. W. Cornell's views on the connection between empire and sociology. The anti-intellectual sentiment seen by Turner in Great Britain is critiqued, as well as Turner's insistence that social scientists chose certain topics to structure their investigations.
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- 2006
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