Who is the most important living intellectual?

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Who do you reckon is the most important living intellectual? I am going to make the case for Joseph Stiglitz. There are many critics of neo-liberal economics, but Stigger is a brainy economist and former head of the IBRD, so he actually knows what he is talking about. As neo-liberalism runs the world, but not very well, and sustained critique of it represents an emerging dominant intellectual paradigm. Thus I salute Joseph Stiglitz.

As against that - I had never heard of him a year ago, so maybe he is not that important.

― The Real Dirty Vicar (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 7 January 2007 12:14 (eighteen years ago)

I AM.

― g00blar (gooblar), Sunday, 7 January 2007 12:22 (eighteen years ago)

Jesus Christ

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 7 January 2007 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

Same thing.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 January 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

nabisco

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 7 January 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)

otm

― jimn (jimnaseum), Sunday, 7 January 2007 15:40 (eighteen years ago)

neo-liberalism runs the world

just the opposite in the US.

― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 7 January 2007 15:54 (eighteen years ago)

jade goody

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 7 January 2007 16:08 (eighteen years ago)

you do realize he refers to economic neo-liberalism, which does rule the u.s. (outside of weird packets of the far left &pat robertson/lou dobbs populism) right?

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 7 January 2007 16:11 (eighteen years ago)

kinda gets it by default, but id vote for Humberto Maturana

― ryan (ryan), Sunday, 7 January 2007 16:18 (eighteen years ago)

i meant pat buchanan btw not pat robertson

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 7 January 2007 16:20 (eighteen years ago)

I was going to ask (but the images of those two sitting down to talk about economics and America provides roffles).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 January 2007 16:22 (eighteen years ago)

Vince Russo

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 7 January 2007 16:22 (eighteen years ago)

i dunno did robertson support nafta during his crazy anti-clinton years?? i doubt it

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 7 January 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

wow apparently the christian coalition lobbied for it

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 7 January 2007 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

Paul Edward Wagemann

― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 7 January 2007 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

Sean Combs

― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 7 January 2007 16:28 (eighteen years ago)

wow apparently the christian coalition lobbied for it

What's good for business is good for God! Uh, yeah.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 January 2007 17:01 (eighteen years ago)

Amartya Sen

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 7 January 2007 17:01 (eighteen years ago)

good choice.

― The Real Dirty Vicar (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:08 (eighteen years ago)

isaiah berlin is dead but i pick him

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:16 (eighteen years ago)

he is still #1

― friday on the porch (lfam), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

otm

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:26 (eighteen years ago)

simon barnes

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:30 (eighteen years ago)

"important intellectual" is kind of an oxymoron, no? I think we've moved on to "important marketing expert."

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:31 (eighteen years ago)

I already said Sean Combs, Beth.

― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

Ah, true.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:57 (eighteen years ago)

Owen Wilson

― reverto levidensis (blueski), Sunday, 7 January 2007 19:00 (eighteen years ago)

I think the new popular "Jesus Christ" answer to this question might be:

http://purposedriven2006.tripod.com/images/RW_Live.jpg

― nabisco (nabisco), Sunday, 7 January 2007 20:32 (eighteen years ago)

I'm going to piss in the wind here and say Slavoj Zizek/Alain Badiou.

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Sunday, 7 January 2007 22:06 (eighteen years ago)

wow, we really must be fucked then.

― benrique (Enrique), Monday, 8 January 2007 09:18 (eighteen years ago)

George Steiner?

― Frogm@n Henry (Frogm@n Henry), Monday, 8 January 2007 09:19 (eighteen years ago)

D4L

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 8 January 2007 09:29 (eighteen years ago)

alternately, season two of "the l word".

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 8 January 2007 09:30 (eighteen years ago)

Zizek. Plus he looks proper beardy weirdy and waves his arms around like all 'lectuals should...

― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Monday, 8 January 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

but he is such a nob and a fraud tho...

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 8 January 2007 11:40 (eighteen years ago)

Why fraud? And who do you reckon is important, living and intellectual?

― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Monday, 8 January 2007 13:32 (eighteen years ago)

i think he's a cheerful stalinist.

i don't know, anyway, i don't think it's an age for master-thinkers, if it ever was, for people who can tie the various specialisms together. partly because the specialisms are so specialized now. but please, you can do better than yet another academic marxist!

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 8 January 2007 13:35 (eighteen years ago)

Hmmm not sure what you'll make of him - I gave Zizek props because he seems to be name dropped so much, and also I liked the spirit of opposition he displayed at the ICA last year.

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140262881.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1138677869_.jpg

How about old Mr Rorty?

― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Monday, 8 January 2007 13:59 (eighteen years ago)

i dunno -- not read him. i don't know that there could be consensus on who the 'most important' dead intelelctuals are, tbqh -- at least from the last half-century or so.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 8 January 2007 14:02 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/PageMill_Images/kissinger.jpg

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 8 January 2007 14:09 (eighteen years ago)

most inportant undead intellectual IN OWN MIND

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 8 January 2007 14:14 (eighteen years ago)

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