The age of American unreason

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The work The age of American unreason represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The age of American unreason

Statement of responsibility

Susan Jacoby

Creator

• Jacoby, Susan, 1945-

Subject

• Reason -- Social aspects -- United States
• United States -- Civilization | 1945
• Social psychology -- United States
• Irrationalisme
• Verenigde Staten
• Irrationalismus
• Social psychology
• United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
• United States -- Social conditions | 1945
• Popular Culture -- United States
• Popular culture -- United States
• Mass media -- Social aspects
• United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
• Civilisations
• Populaire cultuur
• Social values -- United States
• Popular culture
• Social Psychology -- United States
• Psychologie sociale
• Psychology, Social -- United States
• Social values
• Sociale waarden
• Hoger onderwijs
• National characteristics, American
• Culture populaire
• Médias
• Civilization
• Wetenschap
• Reason -- Social Aspects -- United States
• Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States
• Soziale Situation
• National characteristics, American
• United States
• Valeurs sociales
• Social conditions
• Conditions sociales
• USA
• Since 1945
• Mass Media -- Social Aspects -- United States
• Nationalcharakter
• National Characteristics, American
• Etats-Unis d'Amérique
• Reason -- Social aspects
• Social Values -- United States
• Förenta staterna -- kultur- och samhällsliv -- 1945-

Language

eng

Summary

From the Publisher: 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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.91

Index

index present

LC call number

E169.Z83

LC item number

J33 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography