>Hofstadter has a classic study of anti-intellectualism in American
>life. As a rough approximation, I'd describe it, in this country, as
>a resentful contempt, tinged with homophobia, for any sort on
>intellectual or academic interest or attainment that is not more or
>less immediately translatable into a substantial remuneration.
There's a left version of this that is contemptuous of analysis that doesn't lead immediately to action! Action! I was once condemned on a panel discussion for engaging in the "paralysis of analysis," for questioning the panelist's fondness for small business.
Doug