Blue Collar Intellectuals: When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America

by Daniel J. Flynn

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610170202
• ISBN13: 9781610170208
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.6"