Among the key clercs profiled in the book are Rafael Bardají (Spain), Ania Bielecka (Poland), Simon Heffer (United Kingdom), Laura Ingraham (United States), and Mária Schmidt (Hungary).[3] They have, according to Appelbaum, “come to betray the central task of intellectuals, i.e. the search for truth”.[3] Instead, their role is “to defend the leaders, however dishonest their statements, however great their corruption, however disastrous their impact on ordinary people and institutions”.[4]

This might interest more people to read the book, I found it stimulating.