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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... interest , which is the strongest bond of union , join in their secret correspondance to counter act the interests of the many & pick their pockets , which is efected ondly for want of the meens of knowledg amongue them . Since learning ...
... interest , which is the strongest bond of union , join in their secret correspondance to counter act the interests of the many & pick their pockets , which is efected ondly for want of the meens of knowledg amongue them . Since learning ...
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... interest - the kind of ceremonial whose func- tion had long been understood , for example , by Irish politicians who attended Italian festivals or Jewish politicians who went to Irish wakes . Like the ethnic minorities , the ...
... interest - the kind of ceremonial whose func- tion had long been understood , for example , by Irish politicians who attended Italian festivals or Jewish politicians who went to Irish wakes . Like the ethnic minorities , the ...
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... interest in rebelling at some point or other ; but it was im- possible to impute to him a natural interest in the reconstruction of society or in having his mind " saturated " with " the spirit of service . " During the great depression ...
... interest in rebelling at some point or other ; but it was im- possible to impute to him a natural interest in the reconstruction of society or in having his mind " saturated " with " the spirit of service . " During the great depression ...
Table des matières
Antiintellectualism in Our Time | 3 |
On the Unpopularity of Intellect | 24 |
THE RELIGION OF THE HEART | 53 |
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