The age of American unreason, Susan Jacoby
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The age of American unreason, Susan Jacoby
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The age of American unreason
Nature of contents
bibliography
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140101081
Responsibility statement
Susan Jacoby
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
Table Of Contents
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
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