The Way We Live Now

from The Age of American Unreason in a Culture of Lies

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
Cover of the book The Way We Live Now by Susan Jacoby, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Susan Jacoby ISBN: 9780525566380
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: October 2, 2018
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Susan Jacoby
ISBN: 9780525566380
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: October 2, 2018
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

In this selection from her searing cultural history of the last half century, Susan Jacoby chronicles the menacing surge of anti-rationalism in contemporary American life and the degradation of public speech in presidential rhetoric, radio broadcast, television, and internet media where homogenized language and thought reinforce each other in circular fashion.  

At today's critical political juncture, in which boastful ignorance has infected public discourse at the highest levels  of government and throughout ordinary social media,  this impassioned, tough-minded work challenges Americans to face the painful truth about what the flight from intellectualism, facts, and truth have cost us as individuals and as a nation.

A Vintage Shorts Selection. An ebook short.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In this selection from her searing cultural history of the last half century, Susan Jacoby chronicles the menacing surge of anti-rationalism in contemporary American life and the degradation of public speech in presidential rhetoric, radio broadcast, television, and internet media where homogenized language and thought reinforce each other in circular fashion.  

At today's critical political juncture, in which boastful ignorance has infected public discourse at the highest levels  of government and throughout ordinary social media,  this impassioned, tough-minded work challenges Americans to face the painful truth about what the flight from intellectualism, facts, and truth have cost us as individuals and as a nation.

A Vintage Shorts Selection. An ebook short.

More books from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Cover of the book The Secret Between Us by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book Her Dream of Dreams by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book In Pursuit of Flavor by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book Wild Grass by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book Fabricating Lives by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book Family Furnishings by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book Must You Go? by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book Milton in America by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book Road Fever by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book Those Wild Wyndhams by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book The Journals of Sylvia Plath by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book There Are Jews in My House by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book The Attack by Susan Jacoby
Cover of the book The Wizard of West Orange by Susan Jacoby
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy