The age of American unreason by Jacoby, Susan, 1945- author instant download

The age of American unreason by Jacoby, Susan, 1945- author instant download

xx, 357 pages ; 21 cm, 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, \"Revised and updated\"--Cover, Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-332) and index, Introduction -- The 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 -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index