Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain

Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain by Collini, Stefan. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780199291052.

The first full-length account of "the question of intellectuals" in twentieth-century Britain. Leading intellectual historian and cultural commentator Stefan Collini challenges the myth that there are no "real" intellectuals in Britain, offering a persuasive analysis of "the intellectual" as a concept as well as detailed discussions of influential figures such as T.S. Eliot, George Orwell, and Edward Said.