Download or read book The Social Scientist as Public Intellectual written by Charles F. Gattone and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Social Scientist as Public Intellectual, Charles Gattone addresses the question of the public role of the social scientist by reviewing the work of several key social thinkers, from Max Weber to Pierre Bourdieu. Drawing on the analyses of these scholars, Gattone argues that although political and economic institutions continue to influence the course of academic knowledge, opportunities remain for social scientists to act independently of these constraints, and approach their work as public intellectuals.