Other contemporary Indian intellectuals such as Ashis Nandy have taken a more nuanced view of his work.
They were sociable hosts, inviting many contemporary intellectuals to their home, including the author Otto Gelsted who was a frequent guest.
But Banks chooses to begin with the medicine men and priests in Africa, who are, he asserts, the ancestors of contemporary African-American intellectuals.
Banks' heart, it seems to me, is in the present: He is tracing the ancestry of contemporary black intellectuals to claim for them the title to a substantial tradition.
This was certainly the conclusion of contemporary intellectuals, almost all of whom thought that the government's attempts to raise additional troops created more problems than they solved.
Objectivism has been called "fiercely anti-academic" because of Rand's criticism of contemporary intellectuals.
Zhang ultimately showed students and contemporary intellectuals that ancient Chinese ideas could be brought back to life through the dialectic of Yogacara Buddhism.
Gauchet is one of France's most prominent contemporary intellectuals.
Mr. Nadas's own rebellion against Communism came early and sprang, in common with many contemporary Central European Jewish intellectuals, from what he saw at home.
No wonder they disappeared so painlessly into Wall Street, but too many of the contemporary leftist intellectuals sound just like them, with some post-modern philosophical dressing.