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Democracy in Confusion
Schuman, Frederick L. | November 21, 1936 issue

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The article focuses on the book "Intelligence in Politics," by Max Ascoli. This book from the pen of a distinguished social scientist entitles readers to anticipate some definition of terms and some critical analysis of the difficult problem of the role of rational thinking in the struggle for influence between power holders and power seekers. But Ascoli, professor of political philosophy at the New School for Social Research, has not addressed himself to this topic. He has instead written of the position of intellectuals in American democracy, with both of these concepts left ambiguous. His book is brilliant and suggestive but also exasperating and disappointing.

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INTELLIGENCE in Politics (Book); SOCIAL scientists; ASCOLI, Max; POLITICAL science -- Philosophy; POLITICAL doctrines; DEMOCRACY
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