In Defense of Elitism
$28.75
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 August 1995
Summary
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture criticfor Time magazine comes thetremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive,argument that our devotion to the largelyunexamined myth of egalitarianism lies at the heart of theongoing “dumbing of America.“Americans have always stubbornly clung to themyth of egalitarianism, of the supremacy of theindividual average man. But here, at long last,Pulitzer Prize-winning critic William A. Henry IIItakes on, and debunks, some basic, fundamentallyingrained ideas- that everyone is pretty much alike(and should be); that self-fulfillment is moreimortant thant objective achievement; that everyonehas something significant to contribute; that allcultures offer something equally worthwhile; thata truly just society would automatically produceequal success results across lines of race,class, and gender; and that the common man is almostalways right. Henry makes clear, in a book full ofvivid examples and unflinching opinions, thatwhile these notions are seductively democratic theyare also hopelessly wrong.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385479431 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385479433 |
| Author: | William A. Henry |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 1995 |
| Weight: | 191g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 133mm x 202mm |
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Critics Review
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“A passionate yet reasoned argument for the proposition that some people simply contribute more to society than others. It challenges head-on the presumptions and platitudes of government, academia, and even private industry.” – The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
“A wide-ranging, free-swinging commentary that will raise the hackles of nearly everyone.” – New York Times.
“Bracing… eloquent testimony that what killed liberalism in this country is a deeply misguided egalitarianism.” – The New York Times Book Review.
William A. Henry
William A. Henry III was a culture critic for Time magazine whose writing earned two Pulizer Prizes- one in 1980 for criticism and one he shared in 1975 for coverage of school desegregation in Boston. His books include Visions of America, Jack Benny- The Radio and Television Years,The Great One- The Life and Legend of Jackie Gleason, and In Defense of Elitism. Mr. Henry passed away in June 1994.
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