Anti-intellectualism in American life.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, Vintage Books A division of Random House 1963.Edition: [1st ed.]Description: 434, xiii p. 20 cm.: PbkISBN:- 9780394703176
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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.
Includes bibliography.
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.
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