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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... teaching their doctrines in the public schools would not infringe on their rights . " They have no right to demand pay for teaching that which the parents and the taxpayers do not want taught . The hand that writes the pay- check rules ...
... teaching their doctrines in the public schools would not infringe on their rights . " They have no right to demand pay for teaching that which the parents and the taxpayers do not want taught . The hand that writes the pay- check rules ...
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... teachers are recruited " from the top of the lower half of the popu- lation . " Upper and upper - middle class persons almost universally re- ject teaching as a vocation . Teachers frequently resort , during the school year or their ...
... teachers are recruited " from the top of the lower half of the popu- lation . " Upper and upper - middle class persons almost universally re- ject teaching as a vocation . Teachers frequently resort , during the school year or their ...
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... teachers of good 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 ...
... teachers of good 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 ...
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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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