Representations of the Intellectual Derhjemme har Liva gået rundt

Derhjemme har Liva gået rundt med en hemmelighed

hvor Proust-selskaber verden over jævnligt mødes og holder forfatterens ånd i live

Tematisk behandles emner som sexisme

Og kun en ny ”energetisk pacifisme” kan ifølge Sloterdijk forhindre denne katastrofe

Undervejs flytter hun ind hos Wagner-soldatens tante

Representations of the Intellectual Derhjemme har Liva gået rundtAre intellectuals merely the servants of special interests or do they have a larger responsibility? In these wide ranging essays, one of our most brilliant and fiercely independent public thinkers addresses this question with extraordinary eloquence. Said sees the intellectual as an exile and amateur whose role it is 'to speak the truth to power' even at the risk of ostracism or imprisonment. Drawing on the examples of Jonathan Swift and Theodor