1997
CONFERENCE
The
Public Intellectual
Conference
organized with the Center for Theoretical Study, Charles
University, Prague, the Czech Republic and hosted by the
Symposium
Paper:
Thomas Pangle (University of Toronto), "Socrates,
the Sophists, and the Origins of the Idea of the Public
Intellectual"
Paper:
Paul Rahe (University of Tulsa), "The Enlightenment
and the Transformation of the Idea of the Public Intellectual"
Paper:
Christopher Kelly (University of Maryland), "Rousseau’s
Critique and Radicalization of the Idea of the Public Intellectual"
Paper:
Pierre Hassner (Centre d’Etudes et des Recherches
Internationales), "Public Intellectuals and the Experience
of Totalitarianism"
Paper:
Ira Katznelson (Columbia University), "The Idea of
the Radical Public Intellectual"
Paper:
Josef Joffe (Suddeutsche Zeitung), "The Disappearance
of the Public Intellectual and the Rise of the Pundit"
Paper:
Adam Michnik (Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw), "The
Role of Public Intellectuals in the Revolutions of 1989-90"
Responses:
Martin Palous (Charles University, Prague), G.M. Tamas
(Hungarian Academy, Budapest), Vadimir Tismaneanu (University
of Maryland)
Papers:
Miklos Haraszti (Central European University), Kryzsztof
Jasiewicz (Polish Academy of Sciences), Ivan Vejvoda (Institute
of European Studies),
"The
Role of Public Intellectuals in the Transition from Communism
in Central and Eastern Europe" Roundtable
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