Circumstances of the 'Intellectuals' (if there is such a thing)

'The intellectual is an endangered species. In place of such people as Bertrand Russell, Raymond Williams or Hannah Arendt — people with genuine learning, breadth of vision and a concern for public issues — we now have only facile pundits, think tank apologists and spin doctors. In the age of the knowledge economy, we have somehow managed to combine the widest ever participation in higher education with the most dumbed-down of cultures.'

Frank Furedi (2005) Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? Confronting 21^st Century Philistinism. (from the front flap)