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A review by leelootay
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.
The language and information are so dense that I had to slow down to absorb each chapter well enough to continue. I did learn about the influence of power hungry village and town leaders who forced clergy to bend their message to strict moral codes that served the leaders rather than the spiritual lives of citizens.
I was also reminded that no
Matter where we are in the history of the country, there is always a fight for power and the desire to tell others how to live.
Sometimes we're lucky and get leaders who genuinely care about the country and others who only care about themselves. Don't need a history lessons to tell me how that came about.
I was also reminded that no
Matter where we are in the history of the country, there is always a fight for power and the desire to tell others how to live.
Sometimes we're lucky and get leaders who genuinely care about the country and others who only care about themselves. Don't need a history lessons to tell me how that came about.