The Age of American Unreason
- Authors
- Jacoby, Susan
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Tags
- philosophy , politics , social psychology , history; united states; current affairs; culture; mass media; social values; social conditions; critical thinking , religion , social values - united states , history , mass media , history & surveys , mass media - social aspects - united states , national characteristics; american , 20th century , united states - social conditions - 1945 , social aspects , popular culture , science , marxtor , united states , reason - social aspects - united states , united states - civilization - 1945 , social psychology - united states , reason , psychology , popular culture - united states , social values , sociology
- ISBN
- 9780307377128
- Date
- 2008-02-12T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.48 MB
- Lang
- en
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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.