Anti-Intellectualism in American LifeKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 4 janv. 2012 - 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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... believe in the criticism but that they neither liked nor trusted the source. Of course, not only intellectuals do this; it is a common phenomenon of group life. Members of a political party or a minority group may invoke a similar ...
... believe in the criticism but that they neither liked nor trusted the source. Of course, not only intellectuals do this; it is a common phenomenon of group life. Members of a political party or a minority group may invoke a similar ...
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... believe I can—I think I can establish, unless we-again, unless I run into something that I have not run into. * White House Press Release, “Remarks of the President at the Breakfast Given by Various Republican Groups of Southern ...
... believe I can—I think I can establish, unless we-again, unless I run into something that I have not run into. * White House Press Release, “Remarks of the President at the Breakfast Given by Various Republican Groups of Southern ...
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... believe him to be. It is important to add that Mr. Gluck's service in Ceylon was terminated after a year by his resignation. Exhibit D. One of the grievances of American scientists was their awareness that America's disdain for pure ...
... believe him to be. It is important to add that Mr. Gluck's service in Ceylon was terminated after a year by his resignation. Exhibit D. One of the grievances of American scientists was their awareness that America's disdain for pure ...
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... believe that partial education throughout the world is far worse than none at all, if we only educate the mind without the soul. . . . Turn that man loose upon the world [who has] no power higher than his own, he is a monstrosity, he is ...
... believe that partial education throughout the world is far worse than none at all, if we only educate the mind without the soul. . . . Turn that man loose upon the world [who has] no power higher than his own, he is a monstrosity, he is ...
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... believe that it can rarely be called dominant. Again and again I have noticed, as I hope readers will, that the more mild and benign forms of anti-intellectualism prove to be the most widespread, whereas the most malign forms are found ...
... believe that it can rarely be called dominant. Again and again I have noticed, as I hope readers will, that the more mild and benign forms of anti-intellectualism prove to be the most widespread, whereas the most malign forms are found ...
Table des matières
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The Evangelical Spirit | 55 |
Evangelicalism and the Revivalists | 81 |
The Revolt against Modernity | 117 |
The Decline of the Gentleman | 145 |
The Fate of the Reformer | 172 |
The Rise of the Expert | 197 |
SelfHelp and Spiritual Technology | 253 |
Variations on a Theme | 272 |
The School and the Teacher | 299 |
The Road to Life Adjustment | 323 |
The Child and the World | 359 |
CONCLUSION | 372 |
Alienation and Conformity | 393 |
Business and Intellect | 233 |
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