ENGLISH *719 / Public Intellectuals and Their Work: Intellectual Practices in Culture Studies and Politics

3 unit(s)

H. Giroux (cross-listed as CULTR ST *719)

This course will examine the role of a select group of cultural studies theorists who have attempted to link theory with important social issues and in doing so have provided a deeper understanding of the purpose and meaning of the role of public intellectuals. The course will focus on the political rationale for their work, the institutional conditions that make such work possible, and how the work functions as a particular form of intellectual practice and mode of cultural politics. The work of a number of cultural studies intellectuals will be examined, including that of Richard Johnson, Stuart Hall, Paul Willis, Paul Gilroy, Edward Said and Angela McRobbie.