{"product_id":"articles-of-faith-2nd-edition","title":"Articles Of Faith 2nd Edition By Barry, Neil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Berry''s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eArticles of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e is a selective study of British intellectual journals and their editors, among them the pioneering \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh Review\u003c\/i\u003e as edited by Francis Jeffrey at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e as edited by Kingsley Martin during the middle of the twentieth century, and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e as edited by Karl Miller in the 1980s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book argues that the ''higher journalism'' did much to prepare the way for the civic-minded Britain that emerged after the Second World War and that its exponents were unofficial civil servants with a mission to enlighten society. In a postscript, Berry considers the embattled position of such journalism in today''s commercialised media culture, with its fixation on celebrities and gossip and its unremitting hostility to serious discussion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis updated and expanded edition of \u003ci\u003eArticles of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e includes an afterword that discusses the furious controversy precipitated by the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e when, in 2006, it published a massive polemic by the political scientists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt on the subject of America''s so-called ''Israel Lobby''. Berry argues that the furore caused by this article re-affirmed the value of intellectual journalism, demonstrating that, on occasion, at least, it can still have a powerful impact on mainstream public debate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57566944067966,"sku":"NW9781904130321","price":10.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781904130321.jpg?v=1783212547","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/articles-of-faith-2nd-edition","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}