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This book really gets at many of the problems in academia. I disagree with many of Jacobys assumptions and premises (especially that intellectuals need to be Marxists or leftists), but he incisively dissects some of the problems afflicting professors and universities. A motif is that intellectuals have abandoned writing for the public and have taken enclave in universities for the prospect of tenure, salary, and reputation. I find nothing wrong with that goal, but the problem is in pursuit of tenure, intellectuals are forced to specialize into sub/micro-fields of disciplines that fade into irrelevance, toe the orthodoxy, etc. While the chapter on the decline of the bohemian lifestyle is breathtaking, I find nothing glamorous, virtuous, or sustainable about it. The gentrification of intellectuals is fine with me. However, the problems that Jacoby touches on are critical in relation to the drive for tenure. Conservatives often decry leftists professors that have overtaken universities and academe. That rallying cry is not inaccurate; there are many universities with substantially more liberal professors than conservative professors, as measured by party affiliation. There are mentions that there is no American left and that is exemplified by the professor profession. Instead of becoming and retaining a strong left identity, they ensconce themselves into a specialized profession and write technical books and articles for each other, instead of educating the public like good leftists. The mention that there is no American left rings quite true; American liberals are not leftists like their European counterparts, who are Socialists. American liberals are left of center, at best. Jacoby dedicates two chapters to the presence of leftists and Marxists at universities, concluding that they have subsumed themselves under the university structure. The focus on Marxism is petulant but a tenet of the book. I was hoping for analysis on conservatives in academe, but the first 200 pages are devoid of that. I am disappointed by the lack of analysis concerning think tanks. Perhaps their place is more prominent today, but the scholars and authors who are employed and funded by think tanks with certain ideological purposes are certainly necessary in Jacobys analyses. This book is rich with many themes, ideas, and examples. It jumps from comparing mid-century New York and non-New York intellectuals to lamenting the decline of independent intellectualism and the dearth of public intellectuals in the current day. The current day for Jacoby is the 1980s, but I would disagree with Jacoby on this contention. I believe there are public intellectuals strongly entrenched in the United States. They do not have to be full-time professors; many of them are authors/columnists for the major newspapers and magazines, and they make many television appearances. Steven Pinker, Paul Krugman, George Will, Fareed Zakaria, Christopher Hitchens, etc. Public intellectualism might not be valued in the way that Jacoby wishes it were, but I believe public intellectualism is alive and well. I also am of the belief that an intellectual need not be an extremist ideologue like Chomsky, but Jacoby gives clear preference to the leftists. Many parts of the books are excellent, disputable, informative, and provocative. I would love to see a contemporary study by Jacoby on this same topic, as it has been a generation since this was published. The language is not only lucid, but it Jacobys trenchant criticisms of certain people, ideas, and trends are hilarious.
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