July 28, 2006

The Lessons of Juan Cole

By SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN

CAN BLOGGING DERAIL YOUR CAREER?

Ever since the publication in 1987 of Russell Jacoby's narrative The Last Intellectuals: American Culture in the Age of Academe, I have been rolling my eyes every time I read or hear yet another public intellectual complaining that they don't make public intellectuals like they used to. Now, I've never considered the heyday of the Partisan Review and Dissent the apex of intellectuals' relevance in the United States. But most of all, I am tired of

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