03428cam a2200589 i 4500 113362 113362 20629871 BJBSDDR 20230411090602.0 ta 071019s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng d 2018286629 9780525436522 (paperback) 0525436529 (paperback) (OCoLC)ocn989962322 BTCTA spa BJBSDRD rda DLC eng lccopycat n-us--- 002 E 169 J17a 2018 973.91 23 Jacoby, Susan, 1945- 8592 The age of American unreason in a culture of lies / Susan Jacoby. Second Vintage Books edition. New updated edition. New York : Vintage Books, A Division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018. xxviii, 364 pages ; 21 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 2 "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Pantheon Books....in 2008"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340) and index. 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. 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. Mass media Social aspects United States. Popular culture United States. Reason Social aspects United States. Social values United States. Social psychology United States. National characteristics, American. Medios de comunicación 4051 Aspectos sociales Estados Unidos Cultura popular 2004 Estados Unidos Valores sociales 2331 Estados Unidos Características nacionales 2758 Estados Unidos United States Civilization 1945- United States Social conditions 1945- Estados Unidos Civilización 1945- 2136 Estados Unidos Condiciones sociales 1945- 2135 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2019-10-07 0 002 E 169 J17a 2018 00000140007 2019-10-07 00:00:00 1 2023-04-11 BK