I am uncomfortable with the thought that serious thinkers about politics may retire into the ivory tower and write difficult—if often very interesting—essays and books for their colleagues alone, leaving debates over the prospects of modern political life to the punditry of contributors to the op-ed pages, or the shouting matches that pass for political debate on some television channels.


Introduction: Thinking about Politics. - On Politics: A History of Political Thought: From Herodotus to the Present (2012)

Alan Ryan Quotes

I am uncomfortable with the thought that serious thinkers about politics may retire into the ivory tower and write difficult—if often very...

I am uncomfortable with the thought that serious thinkers about politics may retire into the ivory tower and write difficult—if often very...

I am uncomfortable with the thought that serious thinkers about politics may retire into the ivory tower and write difficult—if often very...

I am uncomfortable with the thought that serious thinkers about politics may retire into the ivory tower and write difficult—if often very...