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Anti-intellectualism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This kind of anti-intellectualism is common in the United States and in an extreme form was embodied by Joseph McCarthy, the fanatically anti-Communist senator from Wisconsin. Thus, often violent anti-intellectual backlashes are common during the rise and rule of oppressive political movements, such fascism, communism and theocracy. The term 'intellectual' implies knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence, and thus to be called 'anti-intellectual' can often be perceived as meaning one favours ignorance or stupidity. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anti-intellectualism   (4685 words)

Someplace Somewhere - Anti-intellectualism in America Intellectual thought and thus intellectuals are commonly connected with this. Intellectuals tend to be shrugged off as fighting for an unrealistic cause. Much of the early intellectual discourse of Christianity was shaped by Platonist ideas and was done by Platonist and other philosophers trained in classical Greek intellectualism. www.someplacesomewhere.com /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14366   (3240 words)

Mormon Anti-Intellectualism: A Reply - FARMS Review Something as multi-faceted as Mormonism across more than a century of time is neither intellectual nor anti-intellectual. Questions of "intellectuality," or the church's attitude toward intellectual endeavor, did not begin in 1966. In writing to the Corinthians, Paul, himself an intellectual, had earlier drawn the line between the gospel and the wisdom of this world (see 1 Corinthians 1:20). farms.byu.edu /display.php?table=review&id=387   (1196 words)

Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) Not only did Augustine hear such anti-intellectual quips, he himself was in the thick of particular intellectual difficulties during his pilgrimage. Noll pointed out that modern evangelicals are not known for their rigorous thinking, nor does popular evangelicalism tend to sustain the intellectual life.[2] Such a situation, he pointed out, has practical implications. Such narrow-mindedness and lack of theological and intellectual rigor are easier to understand when we consider the historical context of the North African Church. www.rzim.org /publications/essay_arttext.php?id=1   (2290 words)

Student Anti-Intellectualism American colleges could follow the same path as American high schools and become warehouses of anti-intellectual and anti-educational slackers. These forces include family dysfunction and divorce, disengaged and permissive parenting, peer pressure to regard education derisively, youth-culture activities that militate against serious and sustained intellectual engagement, a widespread deligitimation of reading and print culture, and, an ambient popular culture that glorifies triviality, coarseness and mindlessness. In the years ahead, the real campus war may be between those who think that students should adapt to the rigors of higher education, and those who think that higher education should adapt to the declining motivation and intellectual commitment of students. mtprof.msun.edu /Spr1997/TROUT-ST.html   (6098 words)

Barbelith Underground > Head Shop > Intellectuals / Anti-Intellectualism People who indulge in intellectual pursuits are wasting time chasing insubstantial, wishy-washy pleasures. I believe intellectuals have an important part to play in society but the secret is to find ways of communicating with others is the key to defusing thier anxieties and encourage intellectuals to be more human or at least demonstrate not all are inhuman. If you want a model for the public intellectual in the 21st century, it's someone who becomes famous for having good ideas in the public view, not someone who feels they are somehow qualified to comment on public life because of their private accomplishments. www.barbelith.com /topic.php?id=956   (5230 words)

Republicans and Anti-Intellectualism TPMCafe I would still argue that anti- intellectualism was a significant factor in Republican politics in 1952 and 1956 (albeit less so than later on); Eisenhower was no dummy in reality, but he projected a kind of dim affability that stood in sharp contrast with Stevenson (to the Republicans' advantage). Conservatism at its root is anti- intellectual because the unifying emotion concerns the desire to keep what one has thus the defense of the status quo and the fear of change. William Jennings Bryan, for example, had an anti- intellectual element to his populism, but was hardly conservative (although we may see him as 'conservative' based on the Scopes trial, and 'conservative' and 'liberal' labels become less useful the farther back one tries to apply them). www.tpmcafe.com /story/2005/12/29/12032/023   (8656 words)

The CODOH Revisionist Forum :: View topic - News! Open Letter - Paul Grubach to A. Mathis on Debate The person debating must be an intellectual/scholar that has a good knowledge of the both the revisionist and traditional view of the Holocaust, and he/she must be willing to debate in an intellectual and scholarly manner. If I debate in The Revisionist, then I can rest assured that the debate will be academic, intellectual, name-calling will be eliminated, and both of us will be guaranteed of equal time and space. Mathis is a competent intellectual who has a good knowledge of both the revisionist and traditional view of the Holocaust. forum.codoh.com /viewtopic.php?t=759   (2822 words)

Matthew Yglesias: The Wages of Anti-Intellectualism And in the humanities, a lot of the intellectual groundwork, and hence the parameters of debate, are laid down in Europe, and so are going to be more "liberal". My intellectual origin is classical liberal, but I have a keen love for reality and hard thinking outside of ideological predespositions. The left doesn't even have the intellectual integrity to admit it is going on. yglesias.typepad.com /matthew/2004/12/the_wages_of_an.html   (6145 words)

marccooper: Activism and Anti-Intellectualism And it's those others who can be regarded as both over-intellectual and anti-intellectual. But they're also anti-intellectual when they insist on their particular doctrine to the exclusion of others-- say, mine. Intellectualism and left-wing activism have never gone together in my opinion, so this is not a new revelation. marccooper.typepad.com /marccooper/2005/01/activism_and_an.html   (11738 words)

LPB Interactive: Copyright Notice The Information available on LPB Interactive and our Affiliated Web Sites may include intellectual property that is protected under the copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws of the United States and/or other countries ("Intellectual Property Laws"). Such Intellectual Property Laws generally prohibit the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of all text, photographic and graphic (art and electronic) images, music, sound samplings and other protected materials. In connection with the use of LPB Interactive and our Affiliated Web Sites, you shall abide by all applicable federal, state or local laws, including those pertaining to such areas as libel, slander, defamation, trade libel, product disparagement, harassment, invasion of privacy, tort, obscenity, indecency, and copyright or trademark infringement ("Applicable Law"). www.lpb.org /notices/copyright.html   (11738 words)

Law Professors' Amici Brief in NY MPAA DeCSS Case (Jan. 26, 2001) The Intellectual Property Clause is a limited grant of authority, and the anti-device provisions abrogate these limits. The Framers of the Constitution were aware of this then-recent history, and intended the Intellectual Property Clause to serve both an anti-censorship function and an anti-monopoly function. Because the anti-device provisions abrogate clear, specific limits on Congress' intellectual property power, they may not stand as an exercise of Congress' power under the Necessary and Proper Clause. www.eff.org /IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/20010126_ny_lawprofs_amicus.html   (6788 words)

Muck and Mystery: Blue Anti-Intellectualism They are fat, dumb and lazy due to lack of intellectual exercise, not only unaware of contrary ideas but also a bit dim about their own. The solution is an intellectual climate in which the worst tendencies of group psychology are neutralized... They have never actually thought about their dogmas and are simply frozen when confronted with the intellectual agility of opponents with well exercised arguments. www.garyjones.org /mt/archives/000107.html   (1762 words)

Deep thinkers missing in action csmonitor.com But while the US university system is widely hailed for its quality, some fear the pendulum may be swinging toward an overall anti- intellectual approach. Some at Princeton aren't so quick to dismiss the idea that there may be a problem of anti-intellectualism by omission. "There seems to be a widespread belief that intellectual life in the classroom and in the dorms, colleges, and clubs is not what it should be," wrote the Undergraduate University Council in an open letter to the president Sept. 30. www.csmonitor.com /2003/0121/p17s02-lehl.htm   (1831 words)

The Geomblog: Intellectuals and anti-intellectualism An interesting point that it brings out is the connection between postmodern relativism and the democratization of knowledge in the destruction of the intellectual by paradoxically, placing him front and center. A more recent book by Franklin Furedi, 'Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?', discusses the demise of the "intellectual" in modern society (where by 'intellectual' I infer that he means more than an 'academic'. The book was written in 1966 and thus is limited in its analysis of the current state of affairs in this country, but had a number of insightful observations outlining what appeared to be a strong and long-running tradition (much more so that I had realized). geomblog.blogspot.com /2004/09/intellectuals-and-anti-intellectualism.html   (522 words)

Catholicism in *Anti-Intellectualism in American Life* Ask MetaFilter Some of the most intellectually curious, critically thoughtful people I have ever known have been Catholic priests (and they were not in an academic setting). As an ex-Catholic, I'd also say that there is a intellectual American Catholic tradition (most often associated with the Jesuits), but that it's been largely channeled into the academic sphere rather than the public one. If you are interested in the intellectual climate of American Catholicism in the 1950s and 1960s, you should look at the novels and short stories of J.F. Powers. ask.metafilter.com /mefi/16339   (2539 words)

Rationally Speaking May 2001 - The many faces of anti-intellectualism The idea that intellectual pursuits are a lot of work and that it is far easier and more pleasurable to watch TV is the fourth kind of anti-intellectualism, unreflective hedonism. One can be anti-intellectual also by rejecting intellectualism because it is elitist. The most pernicious kind of anti-intellectualism comes from other intellectuals. www.atheistfoundation.org.au /rs10.htm   (1121 words)

EFF: Intellectual Property Online: Patent, Trademark, Copyright UCITA, which could soon by adopted by most or all US state legislatures, is an anti-individual, anti-artist, anti-fair-use copyright law that would benefit only large corporate intellectual property holders, especially in the entertainment and software industries. Intellectual property and audio: music, MP3, record companies, RIAA, Audio Home Recording Act, audio-related Digital Millenium Copyright Act lawsuits, and related material. Intellectual property and video: movies, MPEG, DVD, DeCSS, Motion Picture Industry Association (MPAA) litigation, Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), DVD Content Control Association (DVD CCA) litigation, DeCSS prosecutions, etc. www.eff.org /IP   (1121 words)

Is Trent Lott Encouraging Anti-Intellectualism? I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The right pulling this anti-intellectualism crap is just as bad, if not worse, than young people at, say, Lanier High School picking on their friends for wanting to study and get a good education. By posting that comment, visible on his front page he is encouraging the notion that intellectuals ought to be ashamed of the trait that defines such a large part of who they are. I do pride myself on being intellectual - on asking questions, seeking to learn more, seeking new perspectives on life and god and love and food and other issues. www.jacksonfreepress.com /forums/threads.php?id=6409_0_25_0_C   (2360 words)

Challies Dot Com: Feedback Files - The Primacy of the Mind Do you agree that evangelical Christianity is anti-intellectual, and why do you agree or disagree? While it would be simplistic to assign fault to any single person, the false rift between the intellectual and the experiental seems to have begun primarily with Friedrich Schleiermacher, who lived between 1768 and 1834. The importance of serious intellectual reflection cannot be overstated. www.challies.com /archives/000853.php   (1951 words)

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AHA Information: Merle Curti Presidential Address (1954) Among the better educated who hold to more liberal tenets, and even among the best educated, there are varying degrees of hostility toward, and fear of, those intellectuals who “make a God of science.”15 But in view of the secularization of American culture, religion is probably no longer a major source of anti-intellectualism. Intellectuals have been blamed by their fellows as well as by ordinary people for being indifferent or hostile to the struggles of the common man for a greater measure of social justice. In turn, many intellectuals were also disillusioned when they found that trade unions did not always observe the canons of democracy, that the movement was spotted with intra-power struggles, and that it was more concerned with wages than with social justice in the broad sense. www.historians.org /info/AHA_History/mcurti.htm   (10220 words)

Amazon.com: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (Vintage): Books: Richard Hofstadter And while the anti-intellectuals in the fifties may have railed against "eggheads," today the GOP directs much of their fury against the "liberal elite." Since most of "the elite" is dirt poor financially, clearly they are aiming their guns at the intellectual elite. The intellectuals' education and expertise are viewed as a form of power or privilege. Intellectuals are seen as a small arrogant elite who are pretentious, conceited, snobbish. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0394703170?v=glance   (1854 words)

Muck and Mystery: Anti-Intellectualism Arguable, potentially fair, etc. It's another thing to say categorically that there is no such thing as anti-intellectualism in the history or contemporary culture of the United States. Hofstader was hardly a callow intellectual protecting his "sick" privileges, and yet, you take the history he meticulously and rather neutrally documents and just say, "Bunk, bull, and crap: never happened, no such thing". The status of science is not merely at stake but also that of intellectual life in general. www.garyjones.org /mt/archives/000104.html   (2354 words)

:: COPYRIGHT DEFENSE NEWS ARCHIVE:: As PPA and the Copyright Defense continue to push for passage of the Intellectual Property Restoration Act of 2001 (H.R. 3024/S.1611), we are in need of testimonials to put a human face on the effects of the current situation. The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. claims 900 members and is geared primarily toward intellectual property attorneys and law students. The Conference organizers, the U.S. Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have tapped the CEO of Professional Photographers of America, David Trust, to be part of a panel discussing the difficulties of international copyright enforcement in a digital world. www.ppa.com /files/public/archive02.htm   (7343 words)

AnthonyTrumbo.com: Gitlin on intellectual rigor Here's Todd Gitlin's take on intellectual rigor in the form of a review of books on anti-americanism. Here's Todd Gitlin's take on intellectual rigor in the form of a review of books on anti-americanism.... anthonytrumbo.com /archives/000073.html   (7343 words)

Education Policy Analysis Archives: Vol. 1 No. 6 Howley "Anti-Iintellectualism in U.S. Schools Evidence of teachers' intellectualism would demonstrate their capacity to take on such a project and might, in fact, indicate their role in promoting school outcomes that subvert--rather than support--the cultural reproduction that schooling intends. Research about the intellectual characteristics of teachers is, therefore, important to our understanding of the ways in which schools promote or suppress the development of intellect. But even if research demonstrated that most teachers were not intellectuals and that schooling for most students did not cultivate the intellect, it would still be possible that schools valued intellect enough to cultivate it among an elite few. epaa.asu.edu /epaa/v1n6.html   (10476 words)

LENIN'S TOMB: Anti-intellectualism. An amalgam of constant suspicion, hate, provincial sentimentalism, "all anti-intellectualism ends in the death of language, that is, the destruction of sociality". Philosophically, from the right to the left, the poujadist is essentially an anti-intellectual who attacks intellectuals relentlessly, sadistically. In the writings of Poujade, women and foreigners are compared to a pharisaic species in which the poujadist projects his own image and that he pursues in his vexed nationalism, for the poujadist fears that the intellectual will "eye him scornfully", he who is the ground, origin, root and earth, the guardian and the temple. leninology.blogspot.com /2005/06/anti-intellectualism.html   (231 words)

Commentary Magazine - Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, by Richard Hofstadter ...Indeed, even the progressive educators who have carried the attack on intellectualism to its furthest possible limits must be regarded as part of the American tradition and as themselves intellectuals, even though debased ones... ...This trust in a natural virtue which civilization was likely to corrupt runs all through American intellectual history, being strongly marked in Transcendentalism, in Mark Twain and the whole convention of popular humor, and in much of the literature of the 20th century... ...That expressed by contemporary right-wingers, on the other hand, is directed against the free-lance intellectual who is interested in ideas for their own sake and has no particular institutional loyalties... www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V36I3P75-1.htm   (760 words)

The Tragic Failure of English Evangelicalism Repeated by the Indian Church Their intellectual weakness becomes more pronounced in their view of 'practical' religion. In every chapter he critiques the excesses of the movement: their petty legalisms, repressive behavior codes ('The Cult of Conduct'), intellectual philistinism, and so forth. However, it becomes clear after a few chapters that the subjects of his study are steadily gaining his admiration and empathy. www.facingthechallenge.org /rice.htm   (2321 words)

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