Top 100 Public Intellectuals

Foreign Policy just unveiled its second list of top public intellectuals, including high-powered figures in fields ranging from religion to economics to biology. 66 of the 100 intellectuals hail from North America or Europe, while Asia and the Middle East follow with 12 and 11, respectively. Readers can vote for their top five intellectuals from the list, and the list of the Top 20 Public Intellectuals will be published in the July/August issue of FP. If you don’t find your favorite public intellectual on the list, you can submit a write-in vote. You can only vote once, and voting closes on May 15. To take a look at the list and submit your vote, click here.

I like your choices Greg--I

Submitted by on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 8:55am.

I like your choices Greg--I was a bit surprised that Rodrik wasn't in the Top 100. Sen is certainly one of the top few public intellectuals in the world. I'm also partial to Habermas and Mamdani, though I'm not sure both will make my final cut. Daniel Drezner has some interesting comments on the discipline/regional breakdowns for the list: http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/003799.html.

I voted for Sen and Collier

Submitted by on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 10:01am.

I voted for Sen and Collier with a write-in of Dani Rodrik.

Also someone should really talk to one of their copy-editors about a front page article description.

How (Not) to Spot a Terrorist
Catching al Qaeda’s killers is about to become a whole lot harder. Why? Because their rank and file will soon look just like you and me. By Malcolm Nance

I've let my FP subscription lapse so I can't check the actual piece, but there's a heck of an implicit assumption in that blurb about the racial identity of any readers. That said, good chance the author didn't write it so my eye rolling is directed in the direction of the site's editors.