Susan Jacoby: The Age of American Unreason
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Author: Susan Jacoby
Number of Pages: 357 pages
Published Date: 01 Apr 2009
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781400096381
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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.