Word: elitist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...manners of the protestors Gardner was eloquent; on the substance of their discontent he was considerably less cogent. He was quick to attack the Marcusian concept of a "directed society" as being authoritarian and wishfully elitist. But his own prescription for such fundamental problems as the alienation of the individual was that society be "redesigned." He did not specify by whom, but did several times suggest the need for an ever-growing class of professional "problem-solvers...
...ELITIST bent of Lasch's argument should by now be apparent. Lasch makes no apologies for his emphasis on the importance of intellectuals in producing social change. He sees intellectuals as essential catalysts in the restructuring of societies, and believes that the history of major periods in American history is in large measure the history of its intellectual elite...
...many Faculty members will argue that Harvard still has an obligation to produce leaders for American society. As long as most positions of leadership are being given to males, most of Harvard's products ought to be males, the traditionalists will claim. That line of argument has an ugly elitist ring to the large number of people around Harvard who think the University should be reforming rather than playing ball with the establishment. Perhaps the issue can be glossed over with a compromise, but probably not. Thus the merger involves much more than bringing boys and girls together...
...therefore, a recruiting agency similar to that of any large corporation. As such, many educators feel that it should no longer have its special status on the campus to aid its recruiting of college students. Even if ROTC programs lose this status, however, the result would not be an elitist officer corps, as opponents of "dis-crediting" ROTC often charge. Today's army requires highly educated college graduates. The military academies alone cannot provide them. The nation no longer needs special ROTC programs to "civilianize" the military, if only because many of today's career officers are technicians in uniform...
...Though the NDC espouses the philosophy of participatory politics, it is hardly operating at the present time on the widespread base that it claims. All organizations tend to become elitist once leaders arise, as they did in 1968 in the left-liberal community. It is almost inevitable that these leaders who work continuously on day-to-day implementation of the programs will impose, either inadverently or not, their own views of future policy. Thus participatory politics can easily become a euphemism for the old decision-making process...