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Velvet Prisons: Russell Jacoby on American Academia

Velvet Prisons: Russell Jacoby on American Academia

4.7

(3)

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NRA

Duration

55m

Year

2016

Language

English

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This provocative documentary on maverick academic Russell Jacoby explores the ignominious fate of public intellectuals, the neutering of radicalism in American public life, and the need for daring Utopian thought.

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Closed CaptionsEnglish

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Kurt JacobsenDirector

Warren LemingDirector

Kurt JacobsenWriter

Warren LemingWriter

Kurt JacobsenProducer

Warren LemingProducer

Russell JacobyActor

Warren LemingActor

Hugh IglarshActor

Kurt JacobsenActor

Dan GantnerActor