In Defense of Elitism

William A Henry

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Edité par Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc, 1995

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture criticfor Time magazine comes thetremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive,argument that our devotion to the largelyunexamined myth of egalitarianism lies at the heart of theongoing "dumbing of America." Americans have always stubbornly clung to themyth of egalitarianism, of the supremacy of theindividual average man. But here, at long last,Pulitzer Prize-winning critic William A. Henry IIItakes on, and debunks, some basic, fundamentallyingrained ideas: that everyone is pretty much alike(and should be); that self-fulfillment is moreimortant thant objective achievement; that everyonehas something significant to contribute; that allcultures offer something equally worthwhile; thata truly just society would automatically produceequal success results across lines of race,class, and gender; and that the common man is almostalways right. Henry makes clear, in a book full ofvivid examples and unflinching opinions, thatwhile these notions are seductively democratic theyare also hopelessly wrong.…

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Titre
In Defense of Elitism
Auteur
William A Henry
Éditeur
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Année de publication
1995
État de l'article
Fair
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0385479433
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780385479431

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