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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Jacoby, Susan, |d 1945- | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The age of American unreason / |c Susan Jacoby. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Pantheon Books, |c c2008. | ||
| 300 | |a xx, 356 p. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Civilization |y 1945- | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Social conditions |y 1945- | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mass media |x Social aspects |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Popular culture |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Reason |x Social aspects |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social values |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social psychology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a National characteristics, American. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Hays, Sara Light tribute. | |
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