The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, And Plutocrats Are Transforming The Marketplace Of Ideas

Increasing inequality as a key driver of this shift: more than ever before, contemporary plutocrats fund intellectuals and idea factories that generate arguments that align with their own. But, while there are certainly some downsides to the contemporary ideas industry, Drezner argues that it is very good at broadcasting ideas widely and reaching large audiences of people hungry for new thinking. Both fair-minded and trenchant, The Ideas Industry will reshape our understanding of contemporary public intellectual life in America and the West. "...

• | Author: Daniel W. Drezner
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 376 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/POLITICAL SCIENCE
• | ISBN-10: 0190906286
• | ISBN-13: 9780190906283