![]() ![]() Frankly, there has been a glut of books, magazine articles and TV documentaries devoted to the business of McCarthyism in the '50's and Goldwaterism in the '60's. However, in general, the value of these essays is markedly limited. Naturally, these disparaging remarks came almost wholly from the conservative camps, who now will let out louder howls once Hofstadter's collection of essays here, primarily concerned with the Radical Right, reaches them. It was one of the bright events of 1963, though not everyone was completely happy with Hofstadter's definition (anti-intellectualism was viewed as a "resentment and suspicion of the life of the mind and of those who are considered to represent it and a disposition constantly to minimize the value of that life"), while others felt he abused the "Puritan" or "conventional folk wisdom" ethos. received the Pulitzer Prize and a few other choice awards. Professor Hofstadter's last work, Anti-intellectualism in American Life. ![]()
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