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  • Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

  • Written by: Richard Hofstadter
  • Narrated by: Adam Verner
  • Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Written by: Richard Hofstadter
Narrated by: Adam Verner
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Publisher's Summary

Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction.

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.

©1963 Richard Hofstadter (P)2017 Tantor
Politics & Government Sociology Education World United States
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"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, Christian Science Monitor)

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Gobbledygook

I don’t know where to start. Given the title, I thought that I would learn about the rise of anti-intellectualism in America. Instead it feels like a bunch of random and unstructured thoughts by an extremely pompous auditor.

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