“Explaining Is Where We All Get Into Trouble”: Anti-Philosophical Philosophies in Richard Ford’s Bascombe Novels by Nicholas Manning

“…Such explicit protests against self-reflection may initially appear symptomatic of an anti-intellectual impetus within a society which views philosophy as a threatening limitation of the free American self. …”
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Los Angeles, espace augmenté révélé par un genre littéraire : l’anthologie by Charles JOSEPH

“…Often perceived as an anti-intellectual space, Los Angeles is a city that was built on the indelible association that unites it to the Hollywood industry and which produced exponentially - even more so from WWII - an idealized imagery of its territory leading to a collective imaginary that governs many expectations as well as the irresistible diktat of what the “American Way of Life” is supposed to be or look like. …”
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