Blue Collar Intellectuals
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Blue Collar Intellectuals

When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America

Daniel J. Flynn

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Blue Collar Intellectuals

When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America

Daniel J. Flynn

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Stupid is the new smart—but it wasn't always so
Popular culture has divorced itself from the life of the mind. Who has time for great books or deep thought when there is Jersey Shore to watch, a txt 2 respond 2, and World of Warcraft to play? At the same time, those who pursue the life of the mind have insulated themselves from popular culture. Speaking in insider jargon and writing unread books, intellectuals have locked themselves away in a ghetto of their own creation. It wasn't always so. Blue Collar Intellectuals vividly captures a time in the twentieth century when the everyman aspired to high culture and when intellectuals descended from the ivory tower to speak to the everyman. Author Daniel J. Flynn profiles thinkers from working-class backgrounds who played a prominent role in American life by addressing their intellectual work to a mass audience. Blue Collar Intellectuals shows us how much everyone—intellectual and everyman alike—has suffered from mass culture's crowding out of higher things and the elite's failure to engage the masses.

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Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Year
2014
ISBN
9781497620827
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Journalist Biographies

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    Citation styles for Blue Collar Intellectuals

    APA 6 Citation

    Flynn, D. (2014). Blue Collar Intellectuals ([edition missing]). Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2391708/blue-collar-intellectuals-pdf (Original work published 2014)

    Chicago Citation

    Flynn, Daniel. (2014) 2014. Blue Collar Intellectuals. [Edition missing]. Intercollegiate Studies Institute. https://www.perlego.com/book/2391708/blue-collar-intellectuals-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Flynn, D. (2014) Blue Collar Intellectuals. [edition missing]. Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2391708/blue-collar-intellectuals-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Flynn, Daniel. Blue Collar Intellectuals. [edition missing]. Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2014. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.