intellectuals

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While N.Y. punk was inspired by Beat writers and intellectuals, its British counterpart was more sociopolitical, aggressive and nihilistic, addressing concerns about the government, the monarchy and unemployment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Equally, the need for professors and instructors engendered by the college boom created its own class of intellectuals and intellectual hangers-on.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Jürgen Habermas, one of the most influential philosophers and public intellectuals in post-war Germany, has died aged 96.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

We often think of the 1990s in Iran as a time when clerical reformers and intellectuals were trying to reconcile faith and reason, to create a left-wing hybrid of Islam and democracy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The discovery of America in 1492. created a new enterprise that intellectuals could engage in: the discovery of new knowledge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton