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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... remarked, “has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman. . . . The intellectual . . . is on the run today in American society.” All this seemed to be amply justified when the new administration got under way. The replacement, in ...
... remarked, “has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman. . . . The intellectual . . . is on the run today in American society.” All this seemed to be amply justified when the new administration got under way. The replacement, in ...
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... remarked that many intelligent people who were normally Republicans obviously admired Stevenson. “Sure, .# his brother, “all the egg-heads love Stevenson. But how many egg-heads do you think there are?” Joseph and Stewart Alsop: The ...
... remarked that many intelligent people who were normally Republicans obviously admired Stevenson. “Sure, .# his brother, “all the egg-heads love Stevenson. But how many egg-heads do you think there are?” Joseph and Stewart Alsop: The ...
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... remarked, “demonstrated a number of things, not the least of them being the extreme remoteness of the 'egghead from the thought and feeling of the whole of the people.” Exhibit B. Almost two years later President Eisenhower appeared to ...
... remarked, “demonstrated a number of things, not the least of them being the extreme remoteness of the 'egghead from the thought and feeling of the whole of the people.” Exhibit B. Almost two years later President Eisenhower appeared to ...
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... remarked, “All educated people know how to write, spell, and read.” When some child declared a dislike for a sacred subject, he was warned that, if he failed to master it, he would grow up to be a so-and-so. The Three R's for All ...
... remarked, “All educated people know how to write, spell, and read.” When some child declared a dislike for a sacred subject, he was warned that, if he failed to master it, he would grow up to be a so-and-so. The Three R's for All ...
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... remarked that “no people has ever despised and distrusted the intellect and intellectuals more than the British.” Perhaps Mr. Woolf had not given sufficient thought to the claims of the Americans to supremacy in this respect (which is ...
... remarked that “no people has ever despised and distrusted the intellect and intellectuals more than the British.” Perhaps Mr. Woolf had not given sufficient thought to the claims of the Americans to supremacy in this respect (which is ...
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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