10 books on the nature of modern intellectuals

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Intellectuals & Society
1.  Intellectuals & Society by Thomas Sowell
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Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky (P.S.)
2.  Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky (P.S.) by Paul M. Johnson
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The Seduction of Unreason: The Intellectual Romance with Fascism from Nietzsche to Postmodernism
3.  The Seduction of Unreason: The Intellectual Romance with Fascism from Nietzsche to Postmodernism by Richard Wolin
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What's Left?: How Liberals Lost Their Way
4.  What's Left?: How Liberals Lost Their Way by Nick Cohen
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  "UK specific.  The title's reference to "liberals" is confusing in a UK context.  His target is socialists."
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United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror
5.  United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror by Jamie Glazov
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Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science
6.  Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science by Alan Sokal
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The New Vichy Syndrome: Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
7.  The New Vichy Syndrome: Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism by Theodore Dalrymple
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The Intellectuals and the Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1800-1939
8.  The Intellectuals and the Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1800-1939 by John Carey
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Counterknowledge: How We Surrendered to Conspiracy Theories, Quack Medicine, Bogus Science and Fake History
9.  Counterknowledge: How We Surrendered to Conspiracy Theories, Quack Medicine, Bogus Science and Fake History by Damian Thompson
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Theory's Empire: An Anthology of Dissent
10.  Theory's Empire: An Anthology of Dissent by Daphne Patai
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Qualifications: By "modern" I mean after about 1909.
Last updated: 05/03/2010
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