Introduction. The transmogrification -- 1. Do ideas even matter? -- 2. How pessimists, partisans, and plutocrats are changing the marketplace of ideas -- 3. The standard indictment against the academy -- 4. The disciplines : why economics thrives while political science survives -- 5. This is not your father's think tank -- 6. The booming private market for public ideas -- 7. The promise and perils of intellectual brands -- 8. Is the ideas industry working? -- 9. Tweeting ideas : or, the requisite chapter on social media -- Conclusion. The Dark Knight theory of the ideas industry.
Daniel W. Drezner's The Ideas Industry looks at how we have moved from a world of public intellectuals to today's ""thought leaders."" Witty and sharply argued, it will reshape our understanding of contemporary intellectual life in America and the West.
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