Hidden Intellectualism Gerald Graff
Hidden Intellectualism Essay
Could sports fans become great intellectuals? Well when speaking in forms of intellectualism, Gerald Graff considers Sports and other forms of “street smarts” do seem to be their own form of intellectualism. The new Hidden Intellectualism that is found within these “street smarts”.
Hidden intellectualism to Graff in early life was the argument/debate on who is the toughest and what sports team was the best. When arguing about these things graph found himself doing the things intellectuals do in “academic” conversations. Graff was feeling “what it felt like to propose generalization, restate and respond to a counter-argument, and other intellectualizing operations” (Graff 239). These components are all used in order to properly argue your perspective on a topic discussed in an academic setting. Arguing about sports and toughness involved Graff to look through “academic eyes” on a non-academic subject which made those non-academic …show more content…
See just making opinions and discussing likes and dislikes doesn’t provide enough gripping details for academic discussion. In fact, when writing or talking on the topic, there’s really no connection saying that if you like the subject more then you will somehow have a more intellectual conversation. But these Hidden Intellectuals do have greater knowledge due to their topics of discussion being public spectacles. But to turn these topics into serious topics of academic discussion one has to “think in right about these cars, sports, and fashions in a reflective, analytical way, one that sees the microcosms of what is going on in a wider culture” (Graff 240. Taking a discussion that would already spark the persons interest and then challenging them to speak upon it reflectively analytically- like done in sports culture for Graff- plant the seeds to be an intellectual before the person is aware it’s
Could sports fans become great intellectuals? Well when speaking in forms of intellectualism, Gerald Graff considers Sports and other forms of “street smarts” do seem to be their own form of intellectualism. The new Hidden Intellectualism that is found within these “street smarts”.
Hidden intellectualism to Graff in early life was the argument/debate on who is the toughest and what sports team was the best. When arguing about these things graph found himself doing the things intellectuals do in “academic” conversations. Graff was feeling “what it felt like to propose generalization, restate and respond to a counter-argument, and other intellectualizing operations” (Graff 239). These components are all used in order to properly argue your perspective on a topic discussed in an academic setting. Arguing about sports and toughness involved Graff to look through “academic eyes” on a non-academic subject which made those non-academic …show more content…
See just making opinions and discussing likes and dislikes doesn’t provide enough gripping details for academic discussion. In fact, when writing or talking on the topic, there’s really no connection saying that if you like the subject more then you will somehow have a more intellectual conversation. But these Hidden Intellectuals do have greater knowledge due to their topics of discussion being public spectacles. But to turn these topics into serious topics of academic discussion one has to “think in right about these cars, sports, and fashions in a reflective, analytical way, one that sees the microcosms of what is going on in a wider culture” (Graff 240. Taking a discussion that would already spark the persons interest and then challenging them to speak upon it reflectively analytically- like done in sports culture for Graff- plant the seeds to be an intellectual before the person is aware it’s