Of herds and hermits [[electronic resource] ] : America's lone wolves and submissive sheep, or, The American intellectual as loner and outcast / / Terry Reed

• Autore: Reed Terry <1937->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Algora Pub., 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.5/40973
• Soggetto topico: Individualism - United States; Social role - United States; Group identity - United States; Interpersonal relations - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Celebrated 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Of herds and hermits
• ISBN: 0-87586-686-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455388403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II