The 16 leading critics on the new anti-intellectualism Bauerlein, Mark (Mark Weightman) 1959- editor. Bellow, Adam 1957- editor. text bibliography pau 2015 monographic eng Eng

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xvii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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. edited by Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow. Subtitle from cover. Includes bibliographical references and index. National characteristics, American United States Intellectual life 21st century United States Social conditions 21st century Estados Unidos Características nacionales Estados Unidos Vida intelectual Siglo XXI Estados Unidos Condiciones sociales Siglo XXI 002 E 169.12 S797 2015 306.42 9781599474588 (hbk) 1599474581 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015487206-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015487206-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015487206-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015487206-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015487206-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2015487206-t.html BTCTA 151009 20230411085924.0 spa