The age of American unreason in a culture of lies / Susan Jacoby.
The age of American unreason in a culture of lies / Susan Jacoby.
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Publisher
New York : Vintage Books, 2018.
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G 2019/2652
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxviii, 364 pages ; 21 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
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...
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Publisher
New York : Vintage Books, 2018.
Edition
Second Vintage Books edition, January 2018.
New updated edition.
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
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 pu...
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The age of American unreason in a culture of lies / Susan Jacoby.
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"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.
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G 2019/2652
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74VKVB84L20d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVB84L20d
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ISBN
9780525436522
DDC
306.0973
MMS ID
991024242105902626
