Paul Johnson's book "Intellectuals" is a series of case studies examining the lives and thoughts of prominent Western thinkers. It includes figures like Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, and others, revealing them as intellectuals who are both brilliant and contradictory, magnetic and dangerous. Johnson argues that these intellectuals often claim to possess the moral authority to transform society, a role he disputes. The book was published on March 3, 2001.

ISBN: 9780060160500