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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... DEMOCRACY 6 The Decline of the Gentleman 145 7 The Fate of the Reformer 172 8 The Rise of the Expert 197 PART IV: THE PRACTICAL CULTURE 9 Business and Intellect 233 10 Self-Help and Spiritual Technology 253 11 Variations on a Theme 272 ...
... DEMOCRACY 6 The Decline of the Gentleman 145 7 The Fate of the Reformer 172 8 The Rise of the Expert 197 PART IV: THE PRACTICAL CULTURE 9 Business and Intellect 233 10 Self-Help and Spiritual Technology 253 11 Variations on a Theme 272 ...
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... democracy and liberalism. Subject to the old-fashioned philosophical morality of Nietzsche which frequently leads him into jail or disgrace. A selfconscious prig, so given to examining all sides of a question. *The term was taken up as a ...
... democracy and liberalism. Subject to the old-fashioned philosophical morality of Nietzsche which frequently leads him into jail or disgrace. A selfconscious prig, so given to examining all sides of a question. *The term was taken up as a ...
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... democracy. Exhibit K. The following is an excerpt from a parent's report, originally written in answer to a teacher's complaint about the lax standards in contemporary education. The entire piece is worth reading as a vivid statement by ...
... democracy. Exhibit K. The following is an excerpt from a parent's report, originally written in answer to a teacher's complaint about the lax standards in contemporary education. The entire piece is worth reading as a vivid statement by ...
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Richard Hofstadter. that is, by dropping formal ideologies, accepting our type of democracy, applying itself to work and the arduous pursuit of happiness, and by following the dictates of common sense. The irony is that Americans now ...
Richard Hofstadter. that is, by dropping formal ideologies, accepting our type of democracy, applying itself to work and the arduous pursuit of happiness, and by following the dictates of common sense. The irony is that Americans now ...
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... democracy, since intellect is felt to be a form of distinction that defies egalitarianism. Once the validity of these antagonisms is accepted, then the case for intellect, and by extension for the intellectual, is lost. Who cares to ...
... democracy, since intellect is felt to be a form of distinction that defies egalitarianism. Once the validity of these antagonisms is accepted, then the case for intellect, and by extension for the intellectual, is lost. Who cares to ...
Table des matières
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24 | |
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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