The Age of American Unreason

The Age of American Unreason
Author: Susan Jacoby
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2008-02-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0307377121

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A cultural history of the last forty years, The Age of American Unreason focuses on the convergence of social forces—usually treated as separate entities—that has created a perfect storm of anti-rationalism. These include the upsurge of religious fundamentalism, with more political power today than ever before; the failure of public education to create an informed citizenry; and the triumph of video over print culture. Sparing neither the right nor the left, Jacoby asserts that Americans today have embraced a universe of “junk thought” that makes almost no effort to separate fact from opinion.


The Age of American Unreason
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Susan Jacoby
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-02-12 - Publisher: Vintage

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A cultural history of the last forty years, The Age of American Unreason focuses on the convergence of social forces—usually treated as separate entities—th
The Age of American Unreason
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Susan Jacoby
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-01 - Publisher: Vintage

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A scathing indictment of American modern-day culture examines the current disdain for logic and evidence fostered by the mass media, religious fundamentalism, p
The Age of American Unreason
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Susan Jacoby
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-01 - Publisher: Vintage

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A scathing indictment of American modern-day culture examines the current disdain for logic and evidence fostered by the mass media, religious fundamentalism, p
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Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Susan Jacoby
Categories: Political Science
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER The prescient and now-classic analysis of the forces of anti-intellectualism in contemporary American life--updated for the era of Trump, Tw
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Language: en
Pages: 452
Authors: Susan Jacoby
Categories: Religion
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