TY - BOOK
T1 - Writers as Public Intellectuals
T2 - Literature, Celebrity, Democracy
AU - Heynders, Odile
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In the bustling European debate on migration and integration, literary writers are constantly intervening. They warn for bureaucratic arguments, rigidity and superficiality. They point at the fragility of local communities, and follow historical traces. They emphasize freedom of speech and satire. In short, they are true public intellectuals, fusing literature and politics. Odile Heynders, author of Writers as public Intellectuals, Literature, Celebrity, Democracy, talks about the role of literary writers in the European public sphere.
AB - In the bustling European debate on migration and integration, literary writers are constantly intervening. They warn for bureaucratic arguments, rigidity and superficiality. They point at the fragility of local communities, and follow historical traces. They emphasize freedom of speech and satire. In short, they are true public intellectuals, fusing literature and politics. Odile Heynders, author of Writers as public Intellectuals, Literature, Celebrity, Democracy, talks about the role of literary writers in the European public sphere.
M3 - Book
SN - 9781137467652
T3 - Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature
BT - Writers as Public Intellectuals
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Basingstoke
ER -