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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Richard Hofstadter (Author), 3M Company
-- Was awarded the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction. It 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
eBook, English, 2012
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, [Place of publication not identified], 2012
1 online resource 1 online resource (464 pages)
9780307809674, 9781299257917, 0307809676, 1299257917
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Introduction. Anti-intellectualism in our time ; On the unpopularity of intellect
The religion of the heart. The evangelical spirit ; Evangelicalism and the revivalists ; The revolt against modernity
The politics of democracy. The decline of the gentleman ; The fate of the reformer ; The rise of the expert
The practical culture. Business and intellect ; Self-help and spiritual technology ; Variations on a theme
Education in a democracy. The school and the teacher ; The road to life adjustment ; The child and the world
Conclusion. The intellectual : alienation and conformity
Electronic book
Electronic reproduction, [S.l.], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010