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Anti-intellectualism in American media : magazines & higher education / Dane S. Claussen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Claussen, Dane S., 1963- author.
- Series:
- Higher ed ; v. 11.
- Higher ed Anti-intellectualism in American media.
- Higher ed ; v. 11
- Higher ed Anti-intellectualism in American media
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media and culture--United States.
- Mass media and culture.
- Education, Higher--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 280 pages : illustrations)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : P. Lang, [2004]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- "How smart is too smart?"
- American intellectual history, anti-intellectualism, and the mass media
- Media among society's institutions: the "most prominent and dynamic part"
- Religious anti-rationalism and higher education
- Populist anti-elitism and higher education
- Unreflective instrumentalism, hedonism, sexism and age discrimination
- Anti-intellectualism, the mass media, and society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 251-270) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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