Britain's Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals: Thoughts on Stefan Collini's Absent Minds

This weighty volume offers a multilayered analysis and sharp critique of the largely unquestioned orthodoxy that intellectuals have either been absent from,or have ceased to be a presence within, British culture and public life. It deserves and rewards reading for many different reasons. I restrict myself at the outset of this piece to the mention of three that may establish its pertinence for the academic communities served by Political Studies.