Re: [MD] Anti intellectualism as a traditional American value

2014-05-28 Thread ARLO JAMES BENSINGER JR
[Ron] When I do an internet search on anti intellectualism a whole host of topics comes to the fore front. Topics like : anti intellectualism is taking over the U.S. and anti intellectualism in Christianity are the top subjects of my search. Anti intellectualism in education seemed to me to be

[MD] Anti intellectualism as a traditional American value

2014-05-26 Thread X Acto
There is a growing crisis in American culture today, One that we all should be deeply concerned about. It has pervaded so deeply in our collective psyche that it has become virtually invisible. It manifests itself most noticeably in our current political situation and becomes

Re: [MD] Anti intellectualism as a traditional American value

2014-05-26 Thread John Carl
Ron, You speak my heart too, with this thread. What is alarming is this attitude is growing and has not been identified Jc: My old friend Ellul did define it in his 1980 work, _Humiliation of the Word_ He blamed it on the proliferation of image-oriented media, which is a much quicker and

Re: [MD] Anti intellectualism as a traditional American value

2014-05-26 Thread david
Ron (xacto) said to all: When I do an internet search on anti intellectualism a whole host of topics comes to the fore front. Topics like : anti intellectualism is taking over the U.S. and anti intellectualism in Christianity are the top subjects of my search. Anti intellectualism in education

Re: [MD] Anti intellectualism as a traditional American value

2014-05-24 Thread Jan-Anders Andersson
Great idea. Looking forward for that post Ron Jan-Anders 23 maj 2014 kl. 19:44 skrev Ron Kulp xa...@rocketmail.com: I would like to preface this thread by making it known that I am taking up this project as the dialectical devils advocate that devil being John Carl. In this thread I

[MD] Anti intellectualism as a traditional American value

2014-05-23 Thread Ron Kulp
I would like to preface this thread by making it known that I am taking up this project as the dialectical devils advocate that devil being John Carl. In this thread I would like to explore the historical perspective of American anti intellectualism in the colonial era as well as explore RMP's