The age of American unreason

Resource Information

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

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