{"product_id":"9781443813532","title":"Creative Interventions: The Role of Intellectuals in Contemporary Italy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho are intellectuals? What do they think their role and function in contemporary society is? Are they on the endangered-species list? Is equating conservatism with conservation becoming their dominant survival strategy? This book is a collection of essays that examines some of the changes in the activities, role, function and self-perception of Italian intellectuals since World War II (two major divides are considered to be the crisis of 1956-7 and the fall of the Berlin Wall). The first section examines some of the most influential figures in the early decades, the second the activities of contemporary intellectuals, a third gives voice to some contemporary writers, a fourth contains some comparative essays about the role of intellectuals in influential contemporary Western cultures and a final section is devoted to some cross-disciplinary forays and reflections on the relevance and possible future directions of these inquiries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge Scholars Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043199205616,"sku":"9781443813532","price":84.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781443813532_p0.jpg?v=1763824651","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781443813532","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}