anti-intellectualism in society theme
The ramifications of hostility to and mistrust of intellectuals in society are explored.
Examples
Daystrom was harassed by philistines like Captain Kirk who didn't understand is his great achievements in duotronic computing in tos2x24 "The Ultimate Computer".
14 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 10 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| rbt1985e4x05 | choice | The story takes place in the year 2125. Society had enacted a prohibition on creative works that stimulated the imagination, including the writings of Edgar Allen Poe. |
| movie: Idiocracy (2006) | major | The story is a satire on anti-intellectualism in American society. Joe woke up in the year 2505 to find the American population had become suspicious and contemptuous of anything not overtly crass. |
| movie: The Henderson Monster (1980) | major | Mayor Bellona was accused of being "motivated by a childhood animus" to mount an "idiot's crusade" against academics. A band of very enthusiastic Christians held and anti-science rally on campus. |
| tz1985e1x06a | major | We saw a society in which people with above average intelligence were euthanized. |
| ahp7x01 | minor | In his closing comments, Alfred Hitchcock interpreted the story as an anodyne to an "anti-egg-headery" current in society. |
| ahp7x16 | minor | In his sketch, Alfred Hitchcock described the hanging of four television pundits as "a new high in anti-intellectualism". |
| futurama6x05 | minor | The Professor and Leonardo felt inferior and therefore decided to get back at all snooty intellectuals by a doomsday machine. |
| play: Henry VI Part 2 (1594) | minor | Cade's mob lead Emmanuel off to be hanged for his literacy; then there was book burning |
| tng6x22 | minor | Ferengi society were dismissive of Dr. Reyga’s science |
| tos2x24 | minor | Kirk's attitude toward the M-5 |