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Richard Hofstadter, an American historian, was born on August 6, 1916, and passed away on October 24, 1970. Known for his profound insights into American history and society, Hofstadter is particularly recognized for his work on the history of American politics and intellectual life. His contributions have had a significant impact on historians that followed.

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Famous Richard Hofstadter Quotes

“There has always been in our national experience a type of mind which elevates hatred to a kind of creed; for this mind, group hatreds take a place in politics similar to the class struggle in some other modern societies.”

Mind Kind Class Struggle Groups Modern Type Hatred Creeds Modern Society Class Struggle

Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

“Intellect needs to be understood not as some kind of claim against the other human excellences for which a fatally high price has to be paid, but rather as a complement to them without which they cannot be fully consummated.”

Needs Humans Kind Understood Claims Paid Excellence Intellect Complement High Prices

Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

“To be confronted with a simple and unqualified evil is no doubt a kind of luxury.”

Kind Evil Simple Doubt Luxury No Doubt Unqualified

Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

“We have learned so well how to absorb novelty that receptivity itself has turned into a kind of tradition- "the tradition of the new." Yesterdays avant-garde experiment is today's chic and tomorrows cliche.”

Wells Kind Today Tomorrow Tradition Yesterday Experiments Novelty Cliche Avant Garde Chic Receptivity

Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

About the Author

Born: August 6, 1916
Died: October 24, 1970
Known for: Historian
Quotes: 46

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Anti-Intellectualism in American LifeRelated source material

The Paranoid Style in American Politics: An Essay: from The Paranoid Style in American PoliticsRelated source material

The Age of ReformRelated source material

The Age of Reform (Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History, 1956): From Bryan to F.D.R.Related source material

The American Political Tradition And the Men Who Made ItRelated source material

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