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Similar [[arguments]] have been made by others. Historian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Johnson Paul Johnson] argued that a close examination of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century 20th century] history reveals that intellectuals have championed innumerable disastrous [[public]] [[policies]], writing, "beware intellectuals. Not merely should they be kept well away from the levers of [[power]], they should also be objects of [[suspicion]] when they seek to offer [[collective]] advice." Journalist Tom Wolfe described an intellectual as "a person knowledgable in one field who speaks out only in others."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism]
 
Similar [[arguments]] have been made by others. Historian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Johnson Paul Johnson] argued that a close examination of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century 20th century] history reveals that intellectuals have championed innumerable disastrous [[public]] [[policies]], writing, "beware intellectuals. Not merely should they be kept well away from the levers of [[power]], they should also be objects of [[suspicion]] when they seek to offer [[collective]] advice." Journalist Tom Wolfe described an intellectual as "a person knowledgable in one field who speaks out only in others."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism]
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==See also==
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*'''''[[Fundamentalism]]'''''
    
[[Category: Philosophy]]
 
[[Category: Philosophy]]
 
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
 
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]