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The age of American unreason

Traces the current of anti-intellectualism from post-WWII to the present and argues that the nation's cult of unreason is both deadly and destructive.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jacoby, Susan, 1945-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	United States > Civilization > 1945- United States > Social conditions > 1945- Mass media > Social aspects > United States. Popular culture > United States. Reason > Social aspects > United States. Social values > United States. Social psychology. National characteristics, American.
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Summary:	Traces the current of anti-intellectualism from post-WWII to the present and argues that the nation's cult of unreason is both deadly and destructive.
Physical Description:	xx, 356 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780375423741 0375423745
Author Notes:	Susan Jacoby began her writing career as a reporter for The Washington Post. Her first book, Moscow Conversations, was based on the articles she contributed to the Post from Moscow between 1969 and 1971. Her other books include Wild Justice: The Evolution of Revenge, The Possible She, Half-Jew: A Daughter's Search for Her Family's Buried Past, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, The Age of American Unreason, The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought, and Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion. (Bowker Author Biography)