Description: Intellectuals and Society is about intellectuals who influence-- sometimes shape-- public attitudes and beliefs, whether or not they are widely read by the population at large.
Brief description:
Thomas Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. For more than half a century, his writings have appeared in both popular and scholarly publications, on both sides of the Atlantic, and his books have been translated into a dozen foreign languages. After a career as an economist in the government, academia, and the corporate world, he has since 1980 been a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution. His website is www.tsowell.com.
Review Quotes:
"Mr. Sowell builds a devastating case against the leftist antiwar political and intellectual establishment."
-- "Washington Times"