Ignorance, Fear, and Democracy in America
Date
Sept 17, 2020
Abstract
This article reviews the Library of America's collection of the work from the 1950s and 1960s of American historian Richard Hofstadter, which he was arguably the nation's leading historian of the ideas and cultural currents in American society and politics during the period. It focuses on two seminal works in the collection, Anti-Intellectualism in American Life and The Paranoid Style in American Politics, which continue to resonate in contemporary times.
Publisher
PopMatters
Subject Terms
American politics; anti-intellectualism; books feature; intellectual history; Library of America; paranoia; pseudo-conservatism; racial politics; Richard Hofstadter; voter suppression
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Collection
Citation
Vince Carducci, “Ignorance, Fear, and Democracy in America,” CCS Research Repository, accessed November 21, 2024, https://omeka.ccsdetroit.edu/items/show/53.