Anti-intellectualism in American Life.

Anti-intellectualism in American Life.

By
Richard Hofstadter
Richard Hofstadter
1963 • 434 pages

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167 books

Activism And Civil Rights

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Crystallinegirl
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
The Unit
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
Colonize This!
On Tyranny
Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?
We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation

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26 books

Non Fiction

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Poppy L
Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement
Introvert Power
Journal of a Solitude
Tap dancing in Zen
Stumbling Toward Enlightenment

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38 books

Owned

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Sarah Gram
Marrow Island
In the Fall
Fates and furies
The Sea, the Sea
The Peregrine
To the River
Mountains of the Mind

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0 books

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Poppy L
Anti-intellectualism in American Life.
How to Live

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551 books

High Prio

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Roxi
Vrăjitoare. Puterea de temut a femeii rebele
Epitaph of a Small Winner
The Communist Manifesto
Marxismul și asuprirea femeilor
ca și cum nimic nu s-ar fi întâmplat
Homoistorii: ieșirea din invizibilitate

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552 books

Political

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Steven Rongley
The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States
Compassion (&) Conviction
Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God

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3 books

Nonfiction

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Michael
Anti-intellectualism in American Life.
The Technological Singularity

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38 books

Nf To Read Culled

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lincoln
The Battle For Paradise
Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air
Anti-intellectualism in American Life.
October
Turning the Tide: US Intervention in Central America & the Struggle for Peace
Yugoslavia
A History of the Arab Peoples

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25 books

Politics

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lincoln
What It Takes: The Way to the White House
Dark Money
The Turnout Gap: Race, Ethnicity, and Political Inequality in a Diversifying America
The Dictator's Handbook
The Battle For Paradise
Prisoners of Geography

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326 books

Nonfiction

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Adam
Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
No god but God
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders: A Complete Guide to the Worst Decisions and Stupidest Moments in Baseball History
Crossworld

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27 books

Cultural Critique

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Adam
Guyland the perilous world where boys become men
How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
Sexing the Body
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
The Lifespan of a Fact
The Other Side of the River
Griftopia

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13 books

Politics

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Adam
The reactionary mind
Anti-intellectualism in American Life.
Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
Chocolate City
The strategy of conflict
Data versus Democracy: How Big Data Algorithms Shape Opinions and Alter the Course of History
Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution

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76 books

History

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Adam
Silencing the Past
A convenient hatred
History of the Jews in Modern Times
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Footnotes in Gaza
Logicomix
Beloved

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29 books

Must Haves

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Columbine
Anti-intellectualism in American Life.
The Worst Hard Time
In Shackleton's footsteps
Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean
House of Leaves
The Lords of Easy Money

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50 books

Politics

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Erik
As We Go Marching
The Road to Serfdom
Atlas Shrugged
The Pirate's Dilemma
Capitalism and Freedom
1984

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28 books

Culture

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Erik
The Pirate's Dilemma
The Great Gatsby
A Clockwork Orange
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Stoned, Naked, and Looking in My Neighbor's Window: The Best Confessions from GroupHug.us
Lolita

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27 books

Economics

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Erik
The Road to Serfdom
Atlas Shrugged
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The Pirate's Dilemma
Capitalism and Freedom
Creating a world without poverty

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34 books

Abandoned

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Sandy
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Prisoners of Geography
Twisted Metal
Engineering a safer world
Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer
The beginning of infinity explanations that transform the world

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311 books

Tbr Nonfiction

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Becca
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Asking for It
Redefining Realness
A People's History of the United States
The Color of Law
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Political Tribes

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Owned Ebook

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Kat
The Carpet People
The Eternal Champion: Book 1 of Erekosë Trilogy
Anathem
Speak Easy
The Sorcerer's House
Bloodchild and Other Stories

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146 books

American Studies

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Spiritomb
Fat Shame
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America
The Second Founding
Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy

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222 books

Political Philosophy And Theory

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Spiritomb
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Statism and Anarchy
God and the State
The Half Has Never Been Told
The Second Sex
Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal
Blessed

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156 books

Political History

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Spiritomb
Equality under the Constitution: Reclaiming the Fourteenth Amendment
Separating Church and State: A History
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
The Half Has Never Been Told
Going Stealth: Transgender Politics and U.S. Surveillance Practices
The World the Plague Made
Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq

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713 books

Books I Own

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David A. Lee
The Good Earth
Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays of David Henry Hwang
Fish in Exile
Brokeback Mountain
Atlas Shrugged
Marriage of a Thousand Lies
Land of Love and Drowning

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59 books

Politics America

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David A. Lee
Selected Federalist Papers
America, We Need to Talk: A Self-Help Book for the Nation
Anti-intellectualism in American Life.
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
The speech a historic filibuster on corporate greed and the decline of our middle class
Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between America and the World