Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life is a book which 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.

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 in the Christian Science Monitor

Author: Richard Hofstadter
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/12/1966
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.82d
ISBN13: 9780394703176
ISBN10: 0394703170
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | General
- Political Science | American Government | General

About the Author
Born in 1916, Richard Hofstadter was one of the leading American historians and public intellectuals of the 20th century. His works include The Age of Reform, Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915, The American Political Tradition, and others. He was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. He died in 1970.