The Treason of the Intellectuals Helen Castor What had started as a

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The Treason of the Intellectuals Helen Castor What had started as aJulien Benda's classic study of 1920s Europe resonates today. The "treason of the intellectuals" is a phrase that evokes much but is inherently ambiguous. The book bearing this title is well known but little understood. This edition is introduced by Roger Kimball. From the time of the pre Socratics, intellectuals were a breed apart. They were non materialistic knowledge seekers who believed in a universal humanism and represented a cornerstone of