03234cam a2200457 i 4500 109376 109376 BJBSDDR 20230411085924.0 ta 151009s2015 paua b 001 0 eng d 9781599474588 (hbk) 1599474581 18813233 (OCoLC)ocn898530283 BTCTA spa BTCTA Eng lccopycat 002 E 169.12 S797 2015 306.42 23 The state of the American mind : 16 leading critics on the new anti-intellectualism / edited by Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow. West Conshohocken, PA : Templeton Press, [2015] xvii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Subtitle from cover. Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword-- America: Are we losing our mind? / Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow -- Introduction-- The knowledge requirement: what every American needs to know / E.D. Hirsch Jr. -- Part one-- States of mind: indicators of intellectual and cognitive decline. The troubling trend of cultural IQ / Marl Bauerlein -- Biblical literacy matters / Daniel L. Dreisbach -- Why Johnny and Joanie can't write, revisited / Gerald Graff -- College graduates: satisfies, but adrift / Richard Arum -- Anatomy of an epidemic / Robert Whitaker -- Part two-- Personal and cognitive habits/interests. A wired nation tunes out the news / David T.Z. Mindich -- Catching our eye : the alluring fallacy of knowing at a glance / Maggie Jackson -- The rise of the self and the decline of intellectual and civic interest / Jean M. Twenge -- Has internet-fueled conspiracy-mongering crested? / Jonathan Kay -- Part three-- National consequences. Dependency in America: American exceptionalism and the entitlement state / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Political ignorance in America / Ilya Somin -- In defense of difficulty: how the decline of the ideal of seriousness has dulled democracy in the name of phony populism / Steve Wasserman -- We live in the age of feelings / Dennis Prager -- How colleges create the "expectation of confirmation" / Greg Lukianoff -- The new antinomian attitude / R.R. Reno. National characteristics, American. United States Intellectual life 21st century. United States Social conditions 21st century. Estados Unidos 3466 Características nacionales Estados Unidos 2142 Vida intelectual Siglo XXI Estados Unidos Condiciones sociales 2135 Siglo XXI Bauerlein, Mark (Mark Weightman), 1959- editor. 7946 Bellow, Adam, 1957- editor. 7947 Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015487206-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015487206-d.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015487206-t.html lcc BK dvf 0 0 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-11 0 002 E 169.12 S797 2015 00000121861 2019-02-17 00:00:00 1 2019-02-17 BK