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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... taken as though it were meant to be a balanced assessment of our culture , any more than a history of bankruptcies could be taken as a full history of our business life . Although I am convinced that anti - intellectualism is pervasive ...
... taken as though it were meant to be a balanced assessment of our culture , any more than a history of bankruptcies could be taken as a full history of our business life . Although I am convinced that anti - intellectualism is pervasive ...
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... taken root in the world , if it is not the spirit of American activism , the belief that life can be made better , that colonial peoples can free themselves as the Americans did , that poverty and oppression do not have to be endured ...
... taken root in the world , if it is not the spirit of American activism , the belief that life can be made better , that colonial peoples can free themselves as the Americans did , that poverty and oppression do not have to be endured ...
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... taken under the New Deal which pleased the intellectuals and the experimenters were taken not because the experts favored them but because some large constituency wanted them . The brain trusters served the public - often very well ...
... taken under the New Deal which pleased the intellectuals and the experimenters were taken not because the experts favored them but because some large constituency wanted them . The brain trusters served the public - often very well ...
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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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