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Bolsonaro and pandemic denial: Some considerations on the leader, anti-intellectualism, and nationalism

Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021
On the 9th of May 2020 The Lancet, the leading medical journal, published an editorial referring to the current situation of the pandemic in Brazil, which is short of being disastrous, and describing Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian president, as the ...
Anonymous
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'ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM' AND GENETICS

Psychological Reports, 2002
The 2001 claim by Eigenberger and Sealander that “anti-imellectualism” has an important genetic component is discussed in reference to a rejoinder by Howley.
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Confronting anti-intellectualism: A call for reclaiming scholarship in academic nursing.

Nursing Outlook
BACKGROUND Anti-intellectualism-defined here as attitudes or practices that systematically devalue intellectual engagement, critical thinking, and scientific research--has research-has the potential to constrain the field of nursing from moving forward.
M. Glasgow, Melissa Kalarchian
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“‘We believe in education, not indoctrination’: Governor Ron DeSantis, critical race theory, and anti-intellectualism in Florida”

Policy Futures in Education
This article examines how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ remarks contribute to anti-intellectualism and fuel the pushback against critical race theory (CRT) championed by like-minded conservative Republicans who view its instruction as an affront to ...
G. Desantis
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Books, censorship, and anti-intellectualism in schools

, 2020
Books are often the targets of anti-intellectual censorship efforts in schools for two reasons. First, they are integral to the process and practice of reading, which is how people encounter new ideas. Second, the coercive nature of curriculum means that
Emily J. M. Knox
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Anti-Intellectualism and the Mass Public’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

, 2020
Anti-intellectualism – the generalized distrust of experts and intellectuals – is an important concept in explaining the public’s engagement with advice from scientists and experts. We ask whether it has shaped the mass public’s response to COVID-19.
Eric Merkley, P. Loewen
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Red vs blue hubris: Clarifying the relationship between partisanship and (anti)intellectualism

Party Politics
Recent research advancing our understanding of partisan cognitive differences finds symmetrical partisan routes to epistemic hubris: intellectual identity and anti-intellectual affect.
Edward Hohe
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Anti-intellectualism and education reform

, 2020
It is a strange and sobering experience to read Hofstadter in our own anti-intellectual era. If anything, left-leaning intellectuals’ sense of alienation has increased since the 1990s.
J. Neem
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Is Anti-Intellectualism a Personality Trait?

Psychological Reports, 2002
In interpreting empirical findings from studies to validate an anti-intellectualism scale, Eigenberger and Sealander suggest that anti-intellectualism might be a heritable trait related to “openness to experience.” This brief article offers a rejoinder, arguing that anti-intellectualism makes sense as a cultural perspective that varies by time and ...
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Heroes, villains and celebritisation of politics: hegemony, populism and anti-intellectualism in Turkey

Celebrity Studies, 2019
This article analyses the rising tides of celebrity politics in Turkey by contextualising it within the changing dynamics of Turkish politics during the last decade. More specifically, it tries to understand the fault lines of celebritisation of politics
Funda Gençoğlu
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