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The age of American unreason

Jacoby, Susan 1945- (Author).

Summary: An indictment of modern American culture examines the current disdain for logic and evidence fostered by the mass media, religious fundamentalism, poor public education, a lack of fair-minded intellectuals, and a lazy, credulous public.

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  • ISBN: 9780375423741
  • Physical Description: print
    xx, 356 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, 2008.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The way we live now : just us folks -- The way we lived then : intellect and ignorance in a young nation -- Social pseudoscience in the morning of America's culture wars -- Reds, pinkos, fellow travelers -- Middlebrow culture from noon to twilight -- Blaming it on the sixties -- Legacies : youth culture and celebrity culture -- The new old-time religion -- Junk thought -- The culture of distraction -- Public life : defining dumbness downward -- Conclusion: Cultural conservation.

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Mass media Social aspects United States
Popular culture United States
Reason Social aspects United States
Social values United States
Social psychology United States
National characteristics, American
United States Civilization 1945-
United States Social conditions 1945-

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  • 25 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
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