We discuss the roots of anti-intellectualism in American life for the first episode in a four-part series co-created and presented with C. Derick Varn, "The Problem of Intellectuals." 
Learn more about C. Derick Varn by checking out his show "VarnVlog" <a href='https://www.patreon.com/c/varnvlog/posts'>https://www.patreon.com/c/varnvlog/posts</a> 
These are the primary readings we discuss: 
<ul class="yt-core-attributed-string__list-group" dir="ltr">
<li>Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter</li>
<li>The American Intellectual Elite by Charles Kadushin  </li>
<li>The New Radicalism in America: The Intellectual as Social Type by Christopher Lasch </li>
<li>The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class by Alvin Gouldner </li>
<li>"The Missing Generation: Academics and the Communist Party from the Depression to the Cold War" by Ellen Schrecker </li>
</ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We discuss the roots of anti-intellectualism in American life for the first episode in a four-part series co-created and presented with C. Derick Varn, "The Problem of Intellectuals." &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Learn more about C. Derick Varn by checking out his show "VarnVlog" &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/c/varnvlog/posts'&gt;https://www.patreon.com/c/varnvlog/posts&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These are the primary readings we discuss: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul class="yt-core-attributed-string__list-group" dir="ltr"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The American Intellectual Elite by Charles Kadushin  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The New Radicalism in America: The Intellectual as Social Type by Christopher Lasch &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class by Alvin Gouldner &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;"The Missing Generation: Academics and the Communist Party from the Depression to the Cold War" by Ellen Schrecker &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
</description>

We discuss the roots of anti-intellectualism in American life for the first episode in a four-part series co-created and presented with C. Derick Varn, "The Problem of Intellectuals." 
Learn more about C. Derick Varn by checking out his show "VarnVlog" https://www.patreon.com/c/varnvlog/posts 
These are the primary readings we discuss: 

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
The American Intellectual Elite by Charles Kadushin  
The New Radicalism in America: The Intellectual as Social Type by Christopher Lasch 
The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class by Alvin Gouldner 
"The Missing Generation: Academics and the Communist Party from the Depression to the Cold War" by Ellen Schrecker 

 

Emancipations Podcast

Anti-Intellectualism in America (feat. C. Derick Varn)

Anti-Intellectualism in America (feat. C. Derick Varn)

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