The age of American unreason / Susan Jacoby.
Jacoby, Susan, 1945-
2008
E169.Z83 J33 2008 (Mapit)
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Title The age of American unreason / Susan Jacoby.
Author Jacoby, Susan, 1945-
ISBN 9780375423741
0375423745
Imprint New York : Pantheon Books, 2008.
Language English
Description xx, 356 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number E169.Z83 J33 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.91
Summary From 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
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.

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