Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Sat 11 Nov 2009Narrowing of 'allowed opinion' within public arena, conference told
ARTISTS, ACADEMICS and intellectuals are contributing ever less to the public sphere, despite rising education levels in the population, a conference on challenges facing public intellectuals has heard.
In recent years, there had been a narrowing of “allowed opinion” in the public sphere, Prof Declan Kiberd, chair of Anglo-Irish literature at UCD, told the symposium organised by the Royal Irish Academy (RIA).
Choose a Subscription type - required
