Jacoby, Susan,   1945- <br/><br/>
The age of American unreason in a culture of lies / 
Susan Jacoby. 
 - Second Vintage Books edition. New updated edition. 
 - xxviii, 364 pages ;  21 cm 
 -  2 .
<br/><br/> "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Pantheon Books....in 2008"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- 1: Way we live now: just us folks -- 2: Way we lived then: intellect and ignorance in a young nation -- 3: Social pseudoscience in the morning of America's culture wars -- 4: Reds, pinkos, fellow travelers -- 5: Middlebrow culture from noon to twilight -- 6: Blaming it on the sixties -- 7: Legacies: youth culture and celebrity culture -- 8: New old-time religion -- 9: Junk thought -- 10: Culture of distraction -- 11: Public life: defining dumbness downward -- Conclusion: Cultural conservation -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780525436522 (paperback) 0525436529 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018286629 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass media--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Popular culture--United States.<br/>Reason--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Social values--United States.<br/>Social psychology--United States.<br/>National characteristics, American.<br/>Medios de comunicación--Aspectos sociales --Estados Unidos<br/>Cultura popular --Estados Unidos<br/>Valores sociales--Estados Unidos<br/>Características nacionales --Estados Unidos
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Civilization--1945-<br/>United States--Social conditions--1945-<br/>Estados Unidos--Civilización--1945-<br/>Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales--1945-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 169  / J17a 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.91