Anti-Intellectualism

The easy answer is that there has always been a long, pathetic history of anti-intellectual paranoia in American politics, as Richard Hofstadter documented in his book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life 1963.

James Marshall Crotty: Why Republicans Embrace Simpletons and How It Hurts America James Marshall Crotty 2011

Richard Hofstadter wrote the brilliant “Anti-Intellectualism in America” in the early 1960s.

Academia vs. Reality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Excerpt from WaPo review: The nerd stereotype is a peculiarly American prejudice, which Anderegg (with substantial help from historian Richard Hofstadter's "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life") traces back to our nascent literary days.

Archive 2008-01-01 KaneCitizen 2008

Excerpt from WaPo review: The nerd stereotype is a peculiarly American prejudice, which Anderegg (with substantial help from historian Richard Hofstadter's "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life") traces back to our nascent literary days.

Nerds Book KaneCitizen 2008

He must be familiar with Richard Hofstadter's Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, which was published in 1964, the year of Sarah Palin's birth.

Ariel Gonzalez: Sarah Palin and Anti-Intellectualism in American Life 2009

“Anti-Intellectualism and the Cultural Decapitation of Germany under the Nazis.”

Lise Meitner. 2009

Richard Hofstadter devoted a book in 1963 to examining "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life."

The Roots of Liberal Condescension 2009

But behind that American credulousness is a strain ofright wing Anti-Intellectualism which somehow equates itself with ignorant pride ~ where intelligence becomes a political liability.

AMERICANS STILL BEING WILLINGLY BAMBOOZLED BY BUSH 2008

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OpEdNews - Quicklink: How Anti-Intellectualism Is Destroying America 2008

Richard Hofstadter published Anti-Intellectualism in American Life forty-two years ago and, while I have not had the privilege of reading it, I have a feeling it's really smart and true.

Ellis Weiner: An Open Inquiry into Stupidness 2008