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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... least of these being the acceptance of sinister ideologies . But the persistent strength of the Soviet Union , capped by the Sputnik and other triumphs in space , has given a rude shock to this confidence , for the United States is now ...
... least of these being the acceptance of sinister ideologies . But the persistent strength of the Soviet Union , capped by the Sputnik and other triumphs in space , has given a rude shock to this confidence , for the United States is now ...
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... least substantial men of business . Modern students of social mobility have made it incontestably clear that the legendary American rags - to - riches story , despite the spectacular instances that adorn our business annals , was more ...
... least substantial men of business . Modern students of social mobility have made it incontestably clear that the legendary American rags - to - riches story , despite the spectacular instances that adorn our business annals , was more ...
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... least able members of the student body . It was founded upon a primary regard for the child , and avoided making large claims upon his abilities . It made no hopeful assumptions about the child's pleasure in intellectual activity , at least ...
... least able members of the student body . It was founded upon a primary regard for the child , and avoided making large claims upon his abilities . It made no hopeful assumptions about the child's pleasure in intellectual activity , at least ...
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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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