Of herds and hermits [[electronic resource] ] : America's lone wolves and submissive sheep, or, The American intellectual as loner and outcast / / Terry Reed
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Reed Terry <1937->
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Of herds and hermits [[electronic resource] ] : America's lone wolves and submissive sheep, or, The American intellectual as loner and outcast / / Terry Reed
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| 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 | |
| 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.: | 9910821281403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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