The Great Betrayal (Originally Published 1927 In France As La Trahison Des Clercs, Also Later In Us As The Treason Of The Intellectuals)

London Uk: George Routledge & Son, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Book/No Jacket. Ix, 188 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Lettered In Gilt, Red Boards. First Printing [London 1928]. Near Fine, Especially Well Preserved. A Major And Pessimistic Criticism Of Intellectuals Aka Leaders In Every Serious Field, Particularly The Previous Fifty Years. A "Printing And The Mind Of Man" Title, #419, Remarkable Not Just For Its Intelligent And Articulate Criticism Of Their Moral Failings In What They Did Or Failed To Do, But Because It May Also Be Taken As An Indictment Of The Entire Intellectual Establishment And The Classes Which Populate It. It Demonstrates Not Just Their Particularized Faults And Deficiencies As Intellectuals, But Also Their Lack Of Leadership In Public Discussion Of What Is Important For Society. He Shows The Lack Of Capability And Moral Fiber Of Intellectuals For The Task They Have Implicitly Chosen For Themselves, That Is, To Articulate What Are The Basic Purposes And Goals Of Individual Achievement And Social Life; He Implies They Lack The Particular Skills And Abilities And Knowledge, And Fail To Provide Oversight And Programs And Efficiencies And Competencies And Budgets Essential To The Best Undertakings Of Government, Institutions, Businesses, Social Associations, And Even Families. The Intellectuals Have Failed Not Just To Provide Moral Leadership, But Also To Undertake A Proper Moral Education Of Society So That Society Itself Can Self Correct. It Is Difficult To Find A Commercial Writer In English Who Can Discuss So Perceptively And At Such Length How The Members Of Society As A Whole Are So Utterly Hapless At The Moral Business Of Life. Modern Elites Would Have You Believe That He Is Talking Only About The "Opinion" Leaders Which Dominate The Media; But He Is Talking As Well About The Leaders In Business, Education, Medicine, Civil Service, Law, Civic And Philanthropic Organizations, And Academic Leaders As Well, Including Social Sciences, Engineering, Science, And All The Other Departments Of The Great Universities Which Blithely Claim Immunity From Findings That They Are Ethically Impaired.