000338804 000__ 02511cam\a22003734a\4500 000338804 001__ 338804 000338804 005__ 20210513123243.0 000338804 008__ 070601s2008\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000338804 010__ $$a 2007021562 000338804 020__ $$a9780375423741 000338804 020__ $$a0375423745 000338804 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn140101081 000338804 035__ $$a338804 000338804 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dC#P$$dIK2$$dUPZ$$dBUR$$dLMR$$dIAY$$dVP@$$dOCLCG$$dNLGGC$$dOCLCG$$dTBS$$dSMP$$dEDK$$dCQU 000338804 043__ $$an-us--- 000338804 049__ $$aISEA 000338804 05000 $$aE169.Z83$$bJ33 2008 000338804 08200 $$a973.91$$222 000338804 1001_ $$aJacoby, Susan,$$d1945- 000338804 24514 $$aThe age of American unreason /$$cSusan Jacoby. 000338804 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPantheon Books,$$c2008. 000338804 300__ $$axx, 356 p. ;$$c25 cm. 000338804 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000338804 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- 1: Way we live now: just us folks -- 2: Way we lived then: intellect and ignorance in a young nation -- 3: Social pseudoscience in the morning of America's culture wars -- 4: Reds, pinkos, fellow travelers -- 5: Middlebrow culture from noon to twilight -- 6: Blaming it on the sixties -- 7: Legacies: youth culture and celebrity culture -- 8: New old-time religion -- 9: Junk thought -- 10: Culture of distraction -- 11: Public life: defining dumbness downward -- Conclusion: Cultural conservation -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 000338804 520__ $$aFrom the Publisher: 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. 000338804 650_0 $$aMass media$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States. 000338804 650_0 $$aPopular culture$$zUnited States. 000338804 650_0 $$aReason$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States. 000338804 650_0 $$aSocial values$$zUnited States. 000338804 650_0 $$aSocial psychology$$zUnited States. 000338804 650_0 $$aNational characteristics, American. 000338804 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xCivilization$$y1945- 000338804 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xSocial conditions$$y1945- 000338804 85200 $$bgen$$hE169.Z83$$iJ33$$i2008 000338804 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007021562.html 000338804 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:338804$$pGLOBAL_SET 000338804 980__ $$aBIB 000338804 980__ $$aBOOK