Anti-art

The anti-Semitic attitudes of French leaders also influenced the passing of anti-Semitic legislation. According to Judt, anti-Semitism was fashionable in the 1930s and French leaders carried this attitude into the German occupation. The Jews placed their trust in individuals such as Danecker, Darlan, Vallet, Laval, and Petan yet all these men exhibited anti-Semitic views and used them as a moral justification to implement legislation against the Jews. Helene Berr writes about this betrayal when…

curious and academically serious.” (Lines 3,4). Fridman continues to discuss the widespread of anti-intellectualism that takes place at all academic institutions including colleges and elementary schools. He utilizes numerous rhetorical techniques such as hyperbole, rhetorical question, and denotation and connotation to develop his argument that “America Needs Its Nerds” (Title) and it is time for anti-intellectualism to be stopped. “A geek, according to Webster’s New World Dictionary,…

Hidden Intellectualism written by Gerard Graff, is a short essay that is speaking on one of the most common, well known arguments, street-smart versus book smart. Graff himself believes that having street smarts is just as important as having book smarts. In his essay, Graff gives his opinion on school systems for overlooking some of the other students and their different sorts of street smarts. As an adolescent Graff lived in Chicago, he always felt as though his community was pressuring him.…

In October, members of 5.7 million U.S. households downloaded at least one unauthorized song using P to P services, according to NPD, which tracks PC usage from 11,000 households (www.pcworld.about.com, year). As one can see this is a big crime that should be dealt with asap. For instance, file sharing not only robs songwriters and recording artists of their livelihoods, it also undermines the future of music itself by depriving the industry of the resources it needs to find and develop new…

If there was a battle between street smarts and book smarts, who would win? Geeks or jocks? But the question is who is more intelligent? In the article, “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff , he argues that schools are not teaching students the right way of learning. He says that schools are to blame for being too broad with the courses that students are studying. Graff thinks book smarts are more knowledgeable and that street smarts are people who have situational awareness. His point of…

would better suit them in the future. You can't have a student who excels at middle eastern linguistics and expect him to do the same at astrophysics. Why not encourage a child and cater to what they're good at early on and have them hand in works of art compared to mediocre work. I’m not saying we should baby them but hold them up to standards that'll set them up for achievement. There could have been plenty of students that have been failed by the modern school system just because they're…

acquire good communication tools”. Anti- intellectual values will destroy America, as those who are intellectually advanced are ashamed and will not assist further progression of advances in America. Ending his argument with rhetorical questions, Leonid Fridman leaves the audience to reflect on their morals. To change the values of America, Fridman must influence the values of Americans. Fridman aims to change the thinking of Americans and fight the “anti-intellectual values that…

going to get him anywhere." [When I got to college] I hated books and only cared for sports" (Graff 265). Graff found the Sports Illustrated magazines and the book Bob Feller Strikeout Story way more interesting than actual school. He felt as if his anti-intellectual choices enhanced his intellectual skills. Graff further explains, that based on what you know about street smarts can show a significant benefit to…

Art-” The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” One of the few man made creations that has withstood the tests of time, art is something that all can easily relate to. Whether it be art from the Middle Ages, Early Renaissance, or the Mannerism period the legacy and culture of the time remains preserved in each piece and ready to…

Realism is a period of art that started in the 1850’s and has continued on in various forms since then. In a literary sense Realism is the attempt to portray life as it is and not, like the Romantics, as it should be. This philosophy is the heart of Realism and “has its origins in Descartes and Locke” who laid the groundwork for Empirical thought (Ian Watts, Rise of the Novel). Realism portrays society by using Empirical methods, the human senses, to create an objective view of reality in the…