The age of American unreason in a culture of lies

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Label

The age of American unreason in a culture of lies

Statement of responsibility

Susan Jacoby

Creator

• trueJacoby, Susan, 1945-

Author

• trueJacoby, Susan, 1945-

Subject

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

Language

eng

Summary

From the Publisher: 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

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

306.0973

Index

index present

LC call number

E169.Z83

LC item number

J33 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography