Intellectual Populism : Democracy, Inquiry, and the People / Paul Stob.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stob, Paul, author.

Series:

Rhetoric and public affairs series.

Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Populism--United States--History.

Populism.

Democracy--United States--History.

Democracy.

Rhetoric--United States--History.

Rhetoric.

United States--Intellectual life.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"From every corner of the globe in the early twenty-first century echo warnings that populism threatens democracy and imperils intellectual inquiry. But populism doesn't always serve demagoguery. In fact, over the course of American history it has often fostered inquiry and democracy rather than opposing them. In this distinctly democratic intellectual tradition pitting 'the people' against 'the establishment,' ordinary people assume leading roles in the pursuit of knowledge. Focusing on five key thinkers from the era of the populism's birth in the United States, this book traces the key rhetorical appeals that proved capable of resisting the intellectual status quo and building alternative communities of inquiry. Robert Ingersoll, Mary Baker Eddy, Thomas Davidson, Booker T. Washington, and Zitkála-Šá deployed populist rhetoric to rally ordinary people as thinkers in new intellectual efforts. Through these case studies, Intellectual Populism demonstrates how orators and advocates can channel the frustrations and energies of the American people toward productive, democratic, intellectual ends"--.

Contents:

Robert Ingersoll's religious resistance

Mary Baker Eddy's divine healing science

Thomas Davidson's push for philosophical community

Booker T. Washington's reclamation of work

Zitkala-Ša's pan-Indian intellectual populism.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781628953978

1628953977

9781609176358

1609176359

OCLC:

1144480669