The age of American unreason / Susan Jacoby.

Author: Jacoby, Susan, 1945-

Imprint:New York : Pantheon Books, 2008.

Descriptionxx, 356 p. ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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