Anti-Intellectualism In American Media Summary
Writing 2101G
Essay (first draft)
Professor Jeremy Greenway
We live in a new world today, a world that is persistently at the verge of new change; innovation has driven us towards a never ending era of globalization. Proceeding the Post-Morden age we have evolved into a species which is no longer bound by the traditional barriers to lifestyles, religion, work and most importantly education. In the 21st century education has undergone massive reformation; with the advent of new technologies and new forms of media, education has risen to be a diversified product of the millennium. With higher-education including more student interest base courses and schools introducing various new disciplines to their curriculum, it’s safe to say that …show more content…
In the past we have seen and experienced a very rigid definition of “intellect”. This definition has been used to esteem certain categories of individuals and lock out the others as not adequately “smart”. In his book ‘Anti-intellectualism in American media: magazines & higher education’, Claussen quotes Goar’s claim on how the American society has a perceived notion of intellect and how it “limits social progress, makes the culture less diverse and less interesting, and damages the self-esteem of intellectuals, who are nonetheless necessary for social progress” (Claussen, Page 27). I firmly adhere to this belief, when I conducted an interview with my grandfather and my mother regarding their educational experience, they both, being generation apart, had the same take regarding the fact that education in their time had a very rigid path that welcomed no flexibility, moreover, there was hardly any room for cultural diversification; education …show more content…
"How Smart is Too Smart?" Claussen, Dane S. ANTI-Intellectualism in American Media: Magazines & Higher Education. 2004. 15-28.
Claussen, Dane S. "Populist Anti-Elitism and Higher Education." Education, Anti-Intellectualism in American Media: Magazines & Higher. Dane S. Claussen. 2004. 125-168.
Fauji, Mira Maulani Utami. "How Intellectual Stimulation Effects Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Firm Performance." International Journal of Social Science and Humanity 3 (2013): 420-425. <http://www.ijssh.org/papers/274-C10020.pdf>.
Goodman, Lenn E. "The Perils of Public Intellectualism." SYMPOSIUM: PART I: PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS THEN AND NOW (2009): 29-47.
Graff, Gerald. "Hidden Intellectualism." Graff, Birkenstein, Durst. TheySay, I Say. Norton & Company, n.d. 380-389.
Johnson, Steve. "Watching TV makes you smarter." Graff, Birkenstein, Durst. They Say I Say. Norton and Company, n.d. 277-294.
OECD. Education Today 2013 The OECD Perspective. 2012.
Ungar, Sanford J. "The New Liberal Arts." Graff, Birkenstein, Durst. They Say, I Say. Norton & Company, n.d.
Essay (first draft)
Professor Jeremy Greenway
We live in a new world today, a world that is persistently at the verge of new change; innovation has driven us towards a never ending era of globalization. Proceeding the Post-Morden age we have evolved into a species which is no longer bound by the traditional barriers to lifestyles, religion, work and most importantly education. In the 21st century education has undergone massive reformation; with the advent of new technologies and new forms of media, education has risen to be a diversified product of the millennium. With higher-education including more student interest base courses and schools introducing various new disciplines to their curriculum, it’s safe to say that …show more content…
In the past we have seen and experienced a very rigid definition of “intellect”. This definition has been used to esteem certain categories of individuals and lock out the others as not adequately “smart”. In his book ‘Anti-intellectualism in American media: magazines & higher education’, Claussen quotes Goar’s claim on how the American society has a perceived notion of intellect and how it “limits social progress, makes the culture less diverse and less interesting, and damages the self-esteem of intellectuals, who are nonetheless necessary for social progress” (Claussen, Page 27). I firmly adhere to this belief, when I conducted an interview with my grandfather and my mother regarding their educational experience, they both, being generation apart, had the same take regarding the fact that education in their time had a very rigid path that welcomed no flexibility, moreover, there was hardly any room for cultural diversification; education …show more content…
"How Smart is Too Smart?" Claussen, Dane S. ANTI-Intellectualism in American Media: Magazines & Higher Education. 2004. 15-28.
Claussen, Dane S. "Populist Anti-Elitism and Higher Education." Education, Anti-Intellectualism in American Media: Magazines & Higher. Dane S. Claussen. 2004. 125-168.
Fauji, Mira Maulani Utami. "How Intellectual Stimulation Effects Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Firm Performance." International Journal of Social Science and Humanity 3 (2013): 420-425. <http://www.ijssh.org/papers/274-C10020.pdf>.
Goodman, Lenn E. "The Perils of Public Intellectualism." SYMPOSIUM: PART I: PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS THEN AND NOW (2009): 29-47.
Graff, Gerald. "Hidden Intellectualism." Graff, Birkenstein, Durst. TheySay, I Say. Norton & Company, n.d. 380-389.
Johnson, Steve. "Watching TV makes you smarter." Graff, Birkenstein, Durst. They Say I Say. Norton and Company, n.d. 277-294.
OECD. Education Today 2013 The OECD Perspective. 2012.
Ungar, Sanford J. "The New Liberal Arts." Graff, Birkenstein, Durst. They Say, I Say. Norton & Company, n.d.