Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Name: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Richard Hofstadter
ISBN: 9781541470774

Author: Richard Hofstadter

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 16 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/18/2017

Categories: Nonfiction, History, Us History

Synopsis

This book 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.

About Richard Hofstadter

Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970) was DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University and the author of several books, including The Paranoid Style in American Politics, The Age of Reform, and The American Political Tradition. He was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on March 15, 2020

This Pulitzer Prize winner had long been on my to-read list, but when Sarah Palin became a vice presidential candidate, I moved it to the short list and read it. Now that Trump, that "stable genius," is our president, perhaps I should read it again. What this book shows us is that anti-intellectualis......more