The Age of American Unreason

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
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Author: Susan Jacoby ISBN: 9780307377128
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: February 12, 2008
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Susan Jacoby
ISBN: 9780307377128
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: February 12, 2008
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

A cultural history of the last forty years, The Age of American Unreasonfocuses 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.

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A cultural history of the last forty years, The Age of American Unreasonfocuses 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.

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