List of figures
List of tables
Contributors
Introduction / Peter Thijssen, Walter Weyns and Christiane Timmerman
History and contemporary developments
The intellectual in the public sphere : projections, contradictions, and dilemmas since the enlightenment / Harold Mah
The rise of the embedded intellectual : new forms of public engagement and critique / Patrick Baert & Alan Shipman
From public to civic intellectuals : political agency and emerging media landscapes / Peter Dahlgren
Internet and the public intellectual
Intellectuals, the public sphere and dissemination strategies / France Aubin
How salonfähig are online political forums? : the curious case of politics.be / Peter Thijssen
The creation of new public places : a critique of Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel / Frank Maet
Women and the public sphere
Immigrant intellectual : the case of Ayaan Hirsi Ali / Odile Heynders
Building solidarity through relationships : the politics of feminism as an intellectual project in Turkey / Nazan Haydari
Subcultures in the public sphere
Public intellectuals and micro-public spheres : a British illustration / Richard McCallum
Public intellectuals and public spheres : who is left to speak to the public? : Yusuf al-Qaradawi : shaper of an agonistic discourse / Zvi Bar'el
Reputation among the Hungarian intellectual elite / Luca Kristóf
Index.