The Treason of the Intellectuals
The Treason of the Intellectuals Julien Benda's classic study of 1920s Europe resonates today. The book bearing this title is well known but little understood. The "treason of the intellectuals" is a…
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The Treason of the Intellectuals
Julien Benda's classic study of 1920s Europe resonates today. The book bearing this title is well known but little understood. The "treason of the intellectuals" is a phrase that evokes much but is inherently ambiguous.
They were non-materialistic knowledge-seekers who believed in a universal humanism and represented a cornerstone of civilized society. This edition is introduced by Roger Kimball.From the time of the pre-Socratics, intellectuals were a breed apart. According to Benda, this all began to change in the early twentieth century.
In Europe in the 1920s, intellectuals began abandoning their attachment to traditional philosophical and scholarly ideals, and instead glorified particularisms and moral relativism.The "treason" of which Benda writes is the betrayal by the intellectuals of their unique vocation. He criticizes European intellectuals for allowing
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