Into this intellectual drawing-room, Schumpeter introduced the raucous entrepreneur and his rumbustious behaviour.
America's intellectual drawing power is evident in the queues of students waiting for visas at the American embassy: in the 2007-08 academic year more than 81,000 Chinese were studying in American colleges.
Said, a highly sophisticated and brilliant public intellectual, drew on his experience as an Arab-Palestinian living in the west to examine the way in which, from cu lture to religion, the west imperialised the ancient and complex societies of north Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
It's not just enough to be interested in ideas, therefore; to count as a public intellectual (or PI, for short) one must participate in debate to clarify issues, expose the errors of other public intellectuals, draw attention to neglected issues and generally vivify public discussion.
I then added to these the names of British intellectuals drawn from earlier surveys by Prospect and Posner.
For intellectuals, drawn from the politicized élites, and for the bloggers and Facebook activists who instigated the protests, the challenge is to translate their revolutionary spirit into a genuine political force and to communicate their ideas to a wider population that remains generally conservative.
In 1791, a group of Romanian intellectuals drew up a petition, known as Supplex Libellus Valachorum, which was sent to the Emperor in Vienna.
An outstanding intellectual, he drew his main support from the peasants.
Mr. Hollander's wit, inventiveness and intellectual range drew comparisons to Ben Jonson and 17th-century Metaphysical poets like John Donne.
Murakami's novels, though looked down on by Ōe because he perceived them to lack intellectual concerns, drew critical acclaim and sold remarkably well.
On Tuesday, Mr. Suharto tried another tactical retreat, announcing that he would convene a council of intellectuals to draw up plans for reform and to prepare for an election some time in the future.
