The Jacoby, Susan 1945- creator text bibliography nyu 2018 Second Vintage Books edition. New updated edition. monographic eng

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xxviii, 364 pages ; 21 cm 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. 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. Susan Jacoby. "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. n-us--- 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 Aspectos sociales Estados Unidos Cultura popular Estados Unidos Valores sociales Estados Unidos Características nacionales Estados Unidos United States Civilization 1945- United States Social conditions 1945- Estados Unidos Civilización 1945- Estados Unidos Condiciones sociales 1945- 002 E 169 J17a 2018 973.91 9780525436522 (paperback) 0525436529 (paperback) 2018286629 BTCTA 071019 20230411090602.0 20629871 spa