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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400096383
ISBN-13
9781400096381
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Book Title
Age of American Unreason
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Media Studies, United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, History & Theory, Popular Culture, Movements / Rationalism, Social Psychology
Genre
Political Science, Philosophy, Social Science, Psychology, History
Author
Susan Jacoby
Format
Trade Paperback

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0.8 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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"There are few subjects more timely than the one tackled by Jacoby. . . . Her book is smart [and] well-researched." -Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "Forceful. . . . Cogently argued. . . . An intellectual journey of the first order." -Chicago Tribune "One hopes Jacoby's incisive book will find an audience among the unconverted who will take her warnings seriously." -San Francisco Chronicle "Provocative, well-written and often witty." -USA Today "Jacoby's is a moderate, sensible, well-founded position, shared by many Americans, yet it somehow rarely got voiced amid the raging hyperbole of the culture wars. " -Salon "Jacoby deploys sharp insight on our present straits" -Los Angeles Times "Trenchant …One hopes her incisive book, just in time for the 2008 elections, will find an audience among the unconverted who will take her warnings seriously." -San Francisco Chronicle "A surprising and uncommonly sophisticated treatment of a familiar topic." -New York Observer "The Age of American Unreasonpicks up where Richard Hofstadter left off. With analytic verve and deep historical knowledge, Susan Jacoby documents the dumbing down of our culture like a maestro. make no mistake about it, this is an important book." -Douglas Brinkley, residential historian and author ofThe Great Deluge "This is one of the most eye-opening books I've read in a long time. Jacoby charts the intellectual and cultural currents that have characterized the United States since its founding and explains just how and why Americans have recently become so, well, dumb. Anyone who cares about the future of our country will want to read it." -Marcia Angell, editor in chief emerita,New England Journal of Medicine "Jacoby has written a brilliant, sad story of the anti-intellectualism and lack of reasonable thought that has put this country in one of the sorriest states in its history." -Helen Thomas, author ofWatchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public "Jacoby's fearless jeremiad, at once passionate, witty, and solidly grounded in facts, aries at a propitious moment, when many Americans are perceiving that ignorance conjoined to arrogance can be deadly. This book deserves to be widely read, and especially by concerned parents. As Jacoby insists, it is only within families that some immunity to mind-numbing 'infotainment' can now be acquired. First, however, there must be a will to resist-and if this stirring book can't rally it, nothing can." -Frederick Crews, author ofFollies of the Wise: Dissenting Essays "To a country of underachievers and proud of it, this book delivers a magnificent, occasionally hilarious kick in the pants. Snap out of it, Jacoby says: Getting it right matters. Tough talk and wicked wit in the tradition of Richard Hofstadter'sAnti-Intellectualism in American Lifeand Neil Postman'sAmusing Ourselves to Death." -Jack Miles, author ofGod: A Biography, "Jacoby's is a moderate, sensible, well-founded position, shared by many Americans, yet it somehow rarely got voiced amid the raging hyperbole of the culture wars. " Salon "Jacoby deploys sharp insight on our present straits" Los Angeles Times "Trenchant …One hopes her incisive book, just in time for the 2008 elections, will find an audience among the unconverted who will take her warnings seriously." San Francisco Chronicle "A surprising and uncommonly sophisticated treatment of a familiar topic." New York Observer "The Age of American Unreasonpicks up where Richard Hofstadter left off. With analytic verve and deep historical knowledge, Susan Jacoby documents the dumbing down of our culture like a maestro. make no mistake about it, this is an important book." --Douglas Brinkley, residential historian and author ofThe Great Deluge "This is one of the most eye-opening books I've read in a long time. Jacoby charts the intellectual and cultural currents that have characterized the United States since its founding and explains just how and why Americans have recently become so, well, dumb. Anyone who cares about the future of our country will want to read it." --Marcia Angell, editor in chief emerita,New England Journal of Medicine "Jacoby has written a brilliant, sad story of the anti-intellectualism and lack of reasonable thought that has put this country in one of the sorriest states in its history." --Helen Thomas, author ofWatchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public "Jacoby's fearless jeremiad, at once passionate, witty, and solidly grounded in facts, aries at a propitious moment, when many Americans are perceiving that ignorance conjoined to arrogance can be deadly. This book deserves to be widely read, and especially by concerned parents. As Jacoby insists, it is only within families that some immunity to mind-numbing 'infotainment' can now be acquired. First, however, there must be a will to resist--and if this stirring book can't rally it, nothing can." --Frederick Crews, author ofFollies of the Wise: Dissenting Essays "To a country of underachievers and proud of it, this book delivers a magnificent, occasionally hilarious kick in the pants. Snap out of it, Jacoby says: Getting it right matters. Tough talk and wicked wit in the tradition of Richard Hofstadter'sAnti-Intellectualism in American Lifeand Neil Postman'sAmusing Ourselves to Death." --Jack Miles, author ofGod: A Biography From the Hardcover edition., "There are few subjects more timely than the one tackled by Jacoby. . . . Her book is smart [and] well-researched." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Forceful. . . . Cogently argued. . . . An intellectual journey of the first order." - Chicago Tribune "One hopes Jacoby's incisive book will find an audience among the unconverted who will take her warnings seriously." - San Francisco Chronicle "Provocative, well-written and often witty." - USA Today "Jacoby's is a moderate, sensible, well-founded position, shared by many Americans, yet it somehow rarely got voiced amid the raging hyperbole of the culture wars. "- Salon "Jacoby deploys sharp insight on our present straits"- Los Angeles Times "Trenchant …One hopes her incisive book, just in time for the 2008 elections, will find an audience among the unconverted who will take her warnings seriously."- San Francisco Chronicle "A surprising and uncommonly sophisticated treatment of a familiar topic."- New York Observer " The Age of American Unreason picks up where Richard Hofstadter left off. With analytic verve and deep historical knowledge, Susan Jacoby documents the dumbing down of our culture like a maestro. make no mistake about it, this is an important book."-Douglas Brinkley, residential historian and author of The Great Deluge "This is one of the most eye-opening books I've read in a long time. Jacoby charts the intellectual and cultural currents that have characterized the United States since its founding and explains just how and why Americans have recently become so, well, dumb. Anyone who cares about the future of our country will want to read it."-Marcia Angell, editor in chief emerita, New England Journal of Medicine "Jacoby has written a brilliant, sad story of the anti-intellectualism and lack of reasonable thought that has put this country in one of the sorriest states in its history."-Helen Thomas, author of Watchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public "Jacoby's fearless jeremiad, at once passionate, witty, and solidly grounded in facts, aries at a propitious moment, when many Americans are perceiving that ignorance conjoined to arrogance can be deadly. This book deserves to be widely read, and especially by concerned parents. As Jacoby insists, it is only within families that some immunity to mind-numbing 'infotainment' can now be acquired. First, however, there must be a will to resist-and if this stirring book can't rally it, nothing can."-Frederick Crews, author of Follies of the Wise: Dissenting Essays "To a country of underachievers and proud of it, this book delivers a magnificent, occasionally hilarious kick in the pants. Snap out of it, Jacoby says: Getting it right matters. Tough talk and wicked wit in the tradition of Richard Hofstadter's Anti-Intellectualism in American Life and Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death. "-Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal
973.91
Synopsis
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.

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