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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... entire number of the Journal of Social Issues, Vol. XI, No. 3 (1955), was devoted to discussions of anti-intellectualism by various writers. *For an interesting exercise in definition, see Morton White: “Reflections. IN T R o D U cT I on 6.
... entire number of the Journal of Social Issues, Vol. XI, No. 3 (1955), was devoted to discussions of anti-intellectualism by various writers. *For an interesting exercise in definition, see Morton White: “Reflections. IN T R o D U cT I on 6.
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... writers in fiction with more venom than Mary McCarthy; but we would not on this account dream of classing Mencken with William F. Buckley as an enemy of the professors nor Miss McCarthy with the late senator of the same name.“The ...
... writers in fiction with more venom than Mary McCarthy; but we would not on this account dream of classing Mencken with William F. Buckley as an enemy of the professors nor Miss McCarthy with the late senator of the same name.“The ...
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... writer for the Freeman:" The truly appalling phenomenon is the irrationality of the college-educated. * U.S. Congress, 84th Congress, 2nd session, Senate Committee on Armed Services: Hearings, Vol. XVI, pp. 1742, 1744 (July 2, 1956); ...
... writer for the Freeman:" The truly appalling phenomenon is the irrationality of the college-educated. * U.S. Congress, 84th Congress, 2nd session, Senate Committee on Armed Services: Hearings, Vol. XVI, pp. 1742, 1744 (July 2, 1956); ...
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... writer in the Freeman there appears to have been only an arbitrary reason for this discrimination against the Ivy League, since he considered that Communism is spreading in all our colleges: * Our universities are the training grounds ...
... writer in the Freeman there appears to have been only an arbitrary reason for this discrimination against the Ivy League, since he considered that Communism is spreading in all our colleges: * Our universities are the training grounds ...
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... writers (vide the anti-intellectualism of the Beatniks); anti-Communist pundits, of. fended by the past heresies of a large segment of the intellectual community; and, for that matter, Communist leaders, who had much use for ...
... writers (vide the anti-intellectualism of the Beatniks); anti-Communist pundits, of. fended by the past heresies of a large segment of the intellectual community; and, for that matter, Communist leaders, who had much use for ...
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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