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100 ‡aJacoby, Susan,‡d1945-
245 ‡aThe age of American unreason /‡cSusan Jacoby.
260 ‡aNew York :‡bPantheon Books,‡c2008.
300 ‡axx, 356 p. ;‡c25 cm.
504 ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 ‡aThe way we live now : just us folks -- The way we lived then : intellect and ignorance in a young nation -- Social pseudoscience in the morning of America's culture wars -- Reds, pinkos, fellow travelers -- Middlebrow culture from noon to twilight -- Blaming it on the sixties -- Legacies : youth culture and celebrity culture -- The new old-time religion -- Junk thought -- The culture of distraction -- Public life : defining dumbness downward -- Conclusion: Cultural conservation.
520 ‡aTraces 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.
650 ‡aMass media‡xSocial aspects‡zUnited States.
650 ‡aPopular culture‡zUnited States.
650 ‡aReason‡xSocial aspects‡zUnited States.
650 ‡aSocial values‡zUnited States.
650 ‡aSocial psychology‡zUnited States.
650 ‡aNational characteristics, American.
651 ‡aUnited States‡xCivilization‡y1945-
651 ‡aUnited States‡xSocial conditions‡y1945-
695 ‡aPhilosophy / History & Surveys / General‡bPHI009000.
695 ‡aPhilosophy / History & Surveys / General‡bPHI009000.
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