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Anti-intellectualism is on the rise. And by "anti-intellectualism"
we mean the backlash to scholars in fields like the
humanities.

According to two intellectuals, Dr. Ally Louks and Jason Stanley,
the humanities help us better connect to other humans. According to
a lot of online haters, they're worthless. In November 2024, Dr.
Louks recently posted her Cambridge University dissertation online
and was piled on by a loud group of right-wing
anti-intellectuals.

Today, Brittany revisits her convo with Dr. Louks, and Jason
Stanley, a professor of Philosophy at Yale University. They
investigate the backlash to Dr. Louks, higher education at large,
and why "anti-intellectualism" is prevalent in Republican politics.
For more, read Jason Stanley's book Erasing History: How Fascists
Rewrite the Past to Control the Future.

This episode originally published January 27, 2025.

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