Anti Intellectualism
Anti-intellectualism is hostility to and mistrust of intellect, intellectuals, and intellectualism commonly expressed as deprecation of education and philosophy, and the dismissal of art, literature, and science as impractical and even contemptible human pursuits. Anti-intellectuals present themselves and are perceived as champions of common folk—populists against political and academic elitism—and tend to see educated people as a status class detached from the concerns of most people, and feel that intellectuals dominate political discourse and control higher education.
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You could take seriously a president that quoted T. S. Eliot. But none do, and none ever would. No president would ever dare to say anything intelligent. There would be a revolution on the spot. The rednecks’ heads would explode. America would implode. God forbid that a president should ever say a single clever thing. All that the president is allowed to say is, “God bless America. One nation under God.” … the mantra of morons. Imagine a different America where the president said, “I think, ther
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― Locusts, Hollywood, and the Valley of Ashes: Individualism Versus Collectivism
― Locusts, Hollywood, and the Valley of Ashes: Individualism Versus Collectivism
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Where men are heated by zeal and enthusiasm, there is no degree of human testimony so strong as may not be procured for the greatest absurdity.
- Of Miracles
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― The Age of Enlightenment: An anthology of eighteenth-century texts: Volume 1
― The Age of Enlightenment: An anthology of eighteenth-century texts: Volume 1