Anti-Intellectualism in American LifeKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1963 - 464 pages Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction Anti-Intellectualism in American Life is a book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in American life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force in a democratic society. "As Mr. Hofstadter unfolds the fascinating story, it is no crude battle of eggheads and fatheads. It is a rich, complex, shifting picture of the life of the mind in a society dominated by the ideal of practical success." —Robert Peel in the Christian Science Monitor |
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... character , because it is widely believed that intellect stands for mere cleverness , which transmutes easily into the sly or the diabolical . ' It is pitted against practicality , since theory is held to be opposed to practice , and ...
... character , because it is widely believed that intellect stands for mere cleverness , which transmutes easily into the sly or the diabolical . ' It is pitted against practicality , since theory is held to be opposed to practice , and ...
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... character over intellect in politics and life , and the all but universal tendency to assume that the two somehow stand in opposition to each other . His writings continually return to this contrast : " Character is far more important ...
... character over intellect in politics and life , and the all but universal tendency to assume that the two somehow stand in opposition to each other . His writings continually return to this contrast : " Character is far more important ...
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... character , but the very transience of their role seemed to estab- lish the point that teaching was no better than a way station in life for a man of real ability and character . Men permanently fixed in the role of schoolmaster seem ...
... character , but the very transience of their role seemed to estab- lish the point that teaching was no better than a way station in life for a man of real ability and character . Men permanently fixed in the role of schoolmaster seem ...
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Antiintellectualism in Our Time | 3 |
On the Unpopularity of Intellect | 24 |
THE RELIGION OF THE HEART | 53 |
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