{"product_id":"the-age-of-american-unreason-in-a-culture-of-lies-paperback","title":"The Age of American Unreason in a Culture of Lies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Jacoby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe prescient and now-classic analysis of the forces of anti-intellectualism in contemporary American life--updated for the era of Trump, Twitter, Breitbart and fake news controversies.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe searing cultural history of the last half-century, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of American Unreason In A Culture of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e 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; the triumph of internet over print culture; and America's toxic addition to infotainment. Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation and sparing neither the right nor the left, Susan Jacoby asserts that Americans today have embraced \"junk thought\" that makes almost no effort to separate fact from opinion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At today's critical political juncture, nothing could be more important than recognizing the crisis described in this impassioned, tough-minded book, which challenges Americans to face the painful truth about what the flights from reason has cost us as individuals and as a nation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUSAN JACOBY is the author of twelve previous books, most recently \u003ci\u003eStrange Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNever Say Die, The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought, The Age of American Unreason, Alger Hiss and the Battle for History, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, and Half-Jew: A Daughter's Search for Her Family's Buried Past\u003c\/i\u003e. Her articles have appeared frequently in the op-ed pages of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand in forums that include \u003ci\u003eThe American Prospect, Dissent, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755540472141,"sku":"9780525436522","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/ZnJGcU9KaVdsTDA3SDZadWIzSko3Zz09.webp?v=1776719299","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-age-of-american-unreason-in-a-culture-of-lies-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}