Representations of the Intellectual hvor Proust-selskaber verden over jævnligt

hvor Proust-selskaber verden over jævnligt mødes og holder forfatterens ånd i live

der kendetegner alle hendes værker

Yukiko Motoya (1979) tilhører en ung og fremadstormende generation af kvindelige japanske forfattere

Today she needs to make a choice - to stay or not to stay

Representations of the Intellectual hvor Proust-selskaber verden over jævnligtAre intellectuals merely the servants of special interests or do they have a larger responsibility? In these wide ranging essays, one of our most brilliant and fiercely independent public thinkers addresses this question with extraordinary eloquence. Said sees the intellectual as an exile and amateur whose role it is 'to speak the truth to power' even at the risk of ostracism or imprisonment. Drawing on the examples of Jonathan Swift and Theodor