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Loading... The Age of American Unreason (original 2008; edition 2008)by Susan Jacoby
Work InformationThe Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby (2008)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Jacoby writes from a deep foundation of knowledge and insight. I am glad I read this book on the cultural milieu of US of A in the mid-aughts. Lots of it relates to our current anti-science, know-nothing culture. ( ) On 9/11, Susan Jacoby ... "Walking home to her Upper East Side apartment, she said, overwhelmed and confused, she stopped at a bar. As she sipped her bloody mary, she quietly listened to two men, neatly dressed in suits. For a second she thought they were going to compare that day’s horrifying attack to the Japanese bombing in 1941 that blew America into World War II: “This is just like Pearl Harbor,” one of the men said. The other asked, “What is Pearl Harbor?” “That was when the Vietnamese dropped bombs in a harbor, and it started the Vietnam War,” the first man replied. At that moment, Ms. Jacoby said, “I decided to write this book.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/books/14dumb.html Great insight into what has happen to our country. I believe, as the author, this country has basically gotten 'dumber' over the past 20 years. A lot has to do with the religious right and the Republican policies over these years. We do need to emphasize education and I think Obama is working on this. no reviews | add a review
Traces the current of anti-intellectualism from post-WWII to the present and argues that the nation's cult of unreason is both deadly and destructive. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.91History and Geography North America United States 1901- Roosevelt Through Truman AdministrationsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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