The phrase "attacked the concept" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing criticism or opposition to an idea or theory in an academic or analytical context.
Example: "In her latest article, she attacked the concept of traditional education, arguing for a more progressive approach."
Alternatives: "challenged the idea" or "criticized the notion".
A newspaper article tied online notes to laziness, and many colleges and professors attacked the concept.
In this work Feuerbach attacked the concept of personal immortality and proposed a type of immortality by which human qualities are reabsorbed into nature.
Italian burlesque of the 15th century attacked the concept of chivalry as a dying aristocratic notion lacking in common sense, and it thus anticipates Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, which is, however, of a size and seriousness that takes it out of the reach of burlesque.
Although some said that NATO might at least try to rustle up a defense for those countries if they were attacked, the concept of collective defense falls apart completely in the case of Georgia and Ukraine — both smack in Russia's backyard and sphere of influence — even if they were NATO members.
Quine attacked the concept of universal propositions and meanings that are frequently assumed by translators to exist across all languages.
Bennet attacked the concept of career teachers.
Hausfeld has been attacking the concept of amateurism head-on, and the N.C.A.A. has been defending it with equal fervor.
In declaring war on the coalition that supported the failed gun-control legislation, he and LaPierre aren't just sticking it to President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg: they are attacking the concept of representative democracy.
He's unapologetic about his excesses and he's not attacking the concept of celebrity; "Why would I attack a lifestyle that lifted me out of poverty and dropped me into a giant tumble-dryer of tits and money?" But he's asking us to look closely at those we put on pedestals, because you can't trust presentation.
A Swiss startup called Parku is also attacking the concept.
Mr Trump also used the evidence session to attack the concept of wind farms, telling MSPs: "Many countries have decided they don't want wind because it doesn't work without massive subsidies - it kills massive amounts of birds and wildlife and there are lots of other reasons.
