LEADER 02589nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910821281403321 005 20230207230616.0 010 $a0-87586-686-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805789 035 $a(EBL)471036 035 $a(OCoLC)460122224 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000341055 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12100049 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341055 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10388932 035 $a(PQKB)10400913 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC471036 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL471036 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476695 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1158497 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805789 100 $a20081106d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOf herds and hermits$b[electronic resource] $eAmerica's lone wolves and submissive sheep, or, The American intellectual as loner and outcast /$fTerry Reed 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87586-684-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 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; Index 330 $aCelebrated 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, cultura 606 $aIndividualism$zUnited States 606 $aSocial role$zUnited States 606 $aGroup identity$zUnited States 606 $aInterpersonal relations$zUnited States 615 0$aIndividualism 615 0$aSocial role 615 0$aGroup identity 615 0$aInterpersonal relations 676 $a302.5/40973 700 $aReed$b Terry$f1937-$01672893 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821281403321 996 $aOf herds and hermits$94036553 997 $aUNINA