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The Age of American Unreason

By Susan Jacoby

Book information

Publisher
Pantheon Books;Vintage
Year
2009
ISBN
978-0-307-37712-8, 0307377121, 1400096383, 9781400096381
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
494 kB (505625 bytes)
Edition
Kindle ed
Pages
356\0
Time added
2019-09-24 23:53:00
American;Civilization;Mass media;Social aspects;PoUnited States;Civilization;1945-;United States;Soc

Description

Traces the current of anti-intellectualism from post-World War II to the present and argues that the nation's cult of unreason is both deadly and destructive. Abstract: Traces the current of anti-intellectualism from post-World War II to the present and argues that the nation's cult of unreason is both deadly and destructive Content: 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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