02589nam 2200589 a 450 991082128140332120230207230616.00-87586-686-7(CKB)1000000000805789(EBL)471036(OCoLC)460122224(SSID)ssj0000341055(PQKBManifestationID)12100049(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341055(PQKBWorkID)10388932(PQKB)10400913(MiAaPQ)EBC471036(Au-PeEL)EBL471036(CaPaEBR)ebr10476695(CaONFJC)MIL1158497(EXLCZ)99100000000080578920081106d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOf herds and hermits[electronic resource] America's lone wolves and submissive sheep, or, The American intellectual as loner and outcast /Terry ReedNew York Algora Pub.20091 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-684-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1. The Bike and the Bench; Chapter 2. Going My Way; Chapter 3. What Price Affiliation?; Chapter 4. Yours Fraternally: Bringing in the Sheep; Chapter 5. The Intellectual as Loner; Bibliography; IndexCelebrated for its commitment to independence and fearless individualism, America in fact dismisses independent thinkers and nonconformists in favor of the team player, the company man, and the go-along-to-get-along mentality. This anti-intellectual mindset despises and discredits those who are solitary and reclusive. While we look up to literary loners like Poe and Melville and Dickinson, the man in the street is a compulsive joiner of clubs, and herds from university frats to the Order of the Pink Goat. To the contrary, this book is a paean vigorously endorsing America's lone wolves, culturaIndividualismUnited StatesSocial roleUnited StatesGroup identityUnited StatesInterpersonal relationsUnited StatesIndividualismSocial roleGroup identityInterpersonal relations302.5/40973Reed Terry1937-1672893MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821281403321Of herds and hermits4036553UNINA