Giving The Term ‘Public Intellectual’ A New Meaning

“How many intellectuals have had three distinguished but very different careers in three different countries?” Michael Ignatieff spent more than 20 years in Britain as a broadcaster and writer, then went to the US as an academic (at Harvard) and a leading voice on human rights and terrorism policy. Three years ago he entered politics in his native Canada and he may well be the country’s next prime minister. What kind of man is this?