Justin Cruickshank is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Realism and Sociology (2002) and editor of Critical Realism: The Difference it Makes (2003).Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is the author or co-author of twenty books, including Compromising the Ideals of Science (2015), The Price of Public Intellectuals (2014), Religion and Sports in American Culture (2014), and Digital Exposure: Postmodern Postcapitalism (2013).

• Acknowledgements / Introduction / PART 1: LINKING PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS /1.Anti-Authority: Comparing Popper and Rorty on the Dialogic Development of Beliefs and Practices Justin Cruickshank / 2. A Bridge over Turbulent Waters Raphael Sassower / 3.Context and Contestation Justin Cruickshank / 4. Problem-Solving: Critical Contingencies Raphael Sassower / 5. There Are No Dangerous Ideas Joseph Agassi / PART 2: SCIENCE, PROBLEM-SOLVING AND SOCIOLOGY / 6. Science, Democracy and the Sociology of PowerIsaac Ariail Reed / 7. Criticism versus Dogmatism Justin Cruickshank / 8.The Problem of Demarcation Isn’t Going Away Raphael Sassower and Seif Jensen / PART 3: DEMOCRACY, EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OFINTELLECTUALS IN PUBLIC LIFE/ 9.Democracy, Criticism and the Problems Facing Dialogue Justin Cruickshank / 10.Beyond Lamentations: Overcoming Neoliberalism? Raphael Sassower / 11.The Politics of Definitions and Neoliberal Interventionism Justin Cruickshank and Ioana Cerasella Chis / 12.Appealing to Academics to Become Public Intellectuals Raphael Sassower / 13.The Cost of Public Intellectuals Ioana Cerasella Chis and Justin Cruickshank / 14. Radical Public IntellectualsRaphael Sassower /PART 4: FROM PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS TO POLITICALECONOMY AND TECHNOLOGY /15.Public Intellectuals and the Political Economy of FoodJustin Cruickshank and Ioana Cerasella Chis / 16. Desiderata of the Future of Political Economy Raphael Sassower /17.The Neoliberal Political Economy of Science andHigher Education Justin Cruickshank / 18.The Problem of TechnocapitalismIoana Cerasella Chis and Justin Cruickshank PART 5: DEMOCRACY, DIALOGUE, EXPERTSAND ELITES / 19.Envisioning Peaceful Democratic DialoguesRaphael Sassower / 20.Democracy, Experts and Elites: The Case of BrexitJustin Cruickshank with Ioana Cerasella Chis/Conclusion/Bibliography/ Index/About the Authors

“This is a superb book. It is both a philosophical examination of the idea of plural epistemological communities and a practical exemplification of the virtue of understanding democracy as an open conversation. Written in the context of a rise in populism, it shows that a hopeful and temperate approach to issues that divide our political communities is possible.”

Justin Cruickshank is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Realism and Sociology (2002) and editor of Critical Realism: The Difference it Makes (2003).Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is the author or co-author of twenty books, including Compromising the Ideals of Science (2015), The Price of Public Intellectuals (2014), Religion and Sports in American Culture (2014), and Digital Exposure: Postmodern Postcapitalism (2013).

• Acknowledgements / Introduction / PART 1: LINKING PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS /1.Anti-Authority: Comparing Popper and Rorty on the Dialogic Development of Beliefs and Practices Justin Cruickshank / 2. A Bridge over Turbulent Waters Raphael Sassower / 3.Context and Contestation Justin Cruickshank / 4. Problem-Solving: Critical Contingencies Raphael Sassower / 5. There Are No Dangerous Ideas Joseph Agassi / PART 2: SCIENCE, PROBLEM-SOLVING AND SOCIOLOGY / 6. Science, Democracy and the Sociology of PowerIsaac Ariail Reed / 7. Criticism versus Dogmatism Justin Cruickshank / 8.The Problem of Demarcation Isn’t Going Away Raphael Sassower and Seif Jensen / PART 3: DEMOCRACY, EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OFINTELLECTUALS IN PUBLIC LIFE/ 9.Democracy, Criticism and the Problems Facing Dialogue Justin Cruickshank / 10.Beyond Lamentations: Overcoming Neoliberalism? Raphael Sassower / 11.The Politics of Definitions and Neoliberal Interventionism Justin Cruickshank and Ioana Cerasella Chis / 12.Appealing to Academics to Become Public Intellectuals Raphael Sassower / 13.The Cost of Public Intellectuals Ioana Cerasella Chis and Justin Cruickshank / 14. Radical Public IntellectualsRaphael Sassower /PART 4: FROM PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS TO POLITICALECONOMY AND TECHNOLOGY /15.Public Intellectuals and the Political Economy of FoodJustin Cruickshank and Ioana Cerasella Chis / 16. Desiderata of the Future of Political Economy Raphael Sassower /17.The Neoliberal Political Economy of Science andHigher Education Justin Cruickshank / 18.The Problem of TechnocapitalismIoana Cerasella Chis and Justin Cruickshank PART 5: DEMOCRACY, DIALOGUE, EXPERTSAND ELITES / 19.Envisioning Peaceful Democratic DialoguesRaphael Sassower / 20.Democracy, Experts and Elites: The Case of BrexitJustin Cruickshank with Ioana Cerasella Chis/Conclusion/Bibliography/ Index/About the Authors

“This is a superb book. It is both a philosophical examination of the idea of plural epistemological communities and a practical exemplification of the virtue of understanding democracy as an open conversation. Written in the context of a rise in populism, it shows that a hopeful and temperate approach to issues that divide our political communities is possible.”

Justin Cruickshank is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Realism and Sociology (2002) and editor of Critical Realism: The Difference it Makes (2003).Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is the author or co-author of twenty books, including Compromising the Ideals of Science (2015), The Price of Public Intellectuals (2014), Religion and Sports in American Culture (2014), and Digital Exposure: Postmodern Postcapitalism (2013).

• Acknowledgements / Introduction / PART 1: LINKING PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS /1.Anti-Authority: Comparing Popper and Rorty on the Dialogic Development of Beliefs and Practices Justin Cruickshank / 2. A Bridge over Turbulent Waters Raphael Sassower / 3.Context and Contestation Justin Cruickshank / 4. Problem-Solving: Critical Contingencies Raphael Sassower / 5. There Are No Dangerous Ideas Joseph Agassi / PART 2: SCIENCE, PROBLEM-SOLVING AND SOCIOLOGY / 6. Science, Democracy and the Sociology of PowerIsaac Ariail Reed / 7. Criticism versus Dogmatism Justin Cruickshank / 8.The Problem of Demarcation Isn’t Going Away Raphael Sassower and Seif Jensen / PART 3: DEMOCRACY, EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OFINTELLECTUALS IN PUBLIC LIFE/ 9.Democracy, Criticism and the Problems Facing Dialogue Justin Cruickshank / 10.Beyond Lamentations: Overcoming Neoliberalism? Raphael Sassower / 11.The Politics of Definitions and Neoliberal Interventionism Justin Cruickshank and Ioana Cerasella Chis / 12.Appealing to Academics to Become Public Intellectuals Raphael Sassower / 13.The Cost of Public Intellectuals Ioana Cerasella Chis and Justin Cruickshank / 14. Radical Public IntellectualsRaphael Sassower /PART 4: FROM PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS TO POLITICALECONOMY AND TECHNOLOGY /15.Public Intellectuals and the Political Economy of FoodJustin Cruickshank and Ioana Cerasella Chis / 16. Desiderata of the Future of Political Economy Raphael Sassower /17.The Neoliberal Political Economy of Science andHigher Education Justin Cruickshank / 18.The Problem of TechnocapitalismIoana Cerasella Chis and Justin Cruickshank PART 5: DEMOCRACY, DIALOGUE, EXPERTSAND ELITES / 19.Envisioning Peaceful Democratic DialoguesRaphael Sassower / 20.Democracy, Experts and Elites: The Case of BrexitJustin Cruickshank with Ioana Cerasella Chis/Conclusion/Bibliography/ Index/About the Authors

“This is a superb book. It is both a philosophical examination of the idea of plural epistemological communities and a practical exemplification of the virtue of understanding democracy as an open conversation. Written in the context of a rise in populism, it shows that a hopeful and temperate approach to issues that divide our political communities is possible.”