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Anti-Intellectualism
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAction Will Be Taken: Left Anti-Intellectualism and Its Discontents  Featherstone, Liza; Henwood, Doug; Parenti, Christian Article 2004 Marxism's decline isn't just an intellectual concern -- it too has practical effects. If you lack any serious understanding of how capitalism works, then it's easy to delude yourself into thinking tha... Anarchism vs. Marxism: A few notes on an old theme Diemer, Ulli Article 1978 Anarchist critiques of Marxism typically reveal a lack of knowledge of what Karl Marx actually wrote, resulting in sterile denunciations of a straw-man opponent. An Annotated Bibliography of Nonsense Malik, Kenan Article 1998 Academic critics today not only question the impact of science upon society, but they also question the very idea of scientific rationality. Anti-intellectualism: Connexipedia Article Article The hostility towards and mistrust of intellect, intellectuals, and intellectual pursuits, usually expressed as the derision of education, philosophy, literature, art, and science. Anti-Science: Left and Right Together?: A Systematic Attack on Rationality Pulaski, Stosh Article 2012 The suggestion that left and right thinking may be converging on matters scientific will, no doubt, be offensive to some on the left. After all, the right chooses myth over evolution, and oil profits ... The cult of ignorance in the United States: Anti-intellectualism and the "dumbing down" of America Williams, Ray Article 2014 There is a growing and disturbing trend of anti-intellectual elitism in American culture. It's the dismissal of science, the arts, and humanities and their replacement by entertainment, self-righteous... The Dying Days of Liberalism: How Orthodoxy, Professionalism, and Unresponsive Politics Finally Doomed a 19th-century Project Forte, Maximilian C. Article 2017 It's not a small thing that has fallen here, not merely the defeat of Hillary Clinton and Americans rejecting Obama’s "legacy". We are dealing with a series of institutions, an expert class, and a net... Fictitious Capital for Beginners: Imperialism, 'Anti-Imperialism', and the Continuing Relevance of Rosa Luxemburg Goldner, Loren Article 2007 Rosa Luxemburg's framework enabled her to see how capitalism could ultimately destroy society - barbarism, in her words, or the 'mutual destruction of the contending classes' as the Communist Manifest... Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and its Quarrels with Science Gross, Paul; Levitt, Norman Book 1994 Describes attacks on science, and on concepts of truth and rationality, in areas of the humanities. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 23, 2016: Science and its enemies Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Our society and its institutions, public and private, regularly tell us that science, and education in the sciences, are crucial to our future. These public declarations are strangely reminiscent of t... Rationality/Science Chomsky, Noam Article 1995 Chomsky writes: "It strikes me as remarkable that the left today should seek to deprive oppressed people not only of the joys of understanding and insight, but also of tools of emancipation, informing... What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Frank, Thomas Book 2004 Explores the rise of conservative populism in the United States through the lens of Frank's native state of Kansas. According to his analysis, the political discourse of recent decades has dramaticall... Sources LibraryGrand narratives Diemer, Ulli 2011 Those who reject 'grand narratives' have simply bought into the hoariest grand narrative of all, the one which says that capitalism is all-powerful and eternal. From the Connexions ArchivesBreak Their Haughty Power Goldner, Loren Website Articles on capitalism, socialism, and revolution, from a left-Marxist perspective.
The Red Menace A libertarian socialist newsletter Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, ... |
