Anti-Intellectualism in American LifeWinner 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 |
Contents
Antiintellectualism in Our Time | 3 |
On the Unpopularity of Intellect | 24 |
THE RELIGION OF THE HEART | 53 |
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| Title | Anti-Intellectualism in American Life |
| Author | Richard Hofstadter |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1963 |
| ISBN | 0394703170, 9780394703176 |
| Length | 464 pages |
| Subjects | › › Education / History History / United States / General Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory |
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