Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

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On sale Feb 12, 1966 | 464 Pages | 978-0-394-70317-6
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Winner of the Sidney Hillman Prize
Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award



Hofstadter's classic work sheds 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.

"It illuminates the whole landscape of American social history and allows its readers  to see the intellectuals and the anti-intellectuals as they really exist." —Harold Taylor, New York Herald Tribune
  • WINNER | 1964
    Pulitzer Prize
  • WINNER | 1963
    Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
  • WINNER | 1963
    Sidney Hillman Prize
Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970) was one of the leading American historians and intellectuals of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he worked at many universities, most recently as the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. His works include the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Age of Reform and Anti-intellectualism in American Life. View titles by Richard Hofstadter

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Winner of the Sidney Hillman Prize
Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award



Hofstadter's classic work sheds 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.

"It illuminates the whole landscape of American social history and allows its readers  to see the intellectuals and the anti-intellectuals as they really exist." —Harold Taylor, New York Herald Tribune

Awards

  • WINNER | 1964
    Pulitzer Prize
  • WINNER | 1963
    Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
  • WINNER | 1963
    Sidney Hillman Prize

Author

Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970) was one of the leading American historians and intellectuals of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he worked at many universities, most recently as the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. His works include the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Age of Reform and Anti-intellectualism in American Life. View titles by Richard Hofstadter