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100 1 $aJacoby, Susan,$d1945-
245 14 $aThe age of American unreason /$cSusan Jacoby.
260 $aNew York :$bPantheon Books,$c2008.
300 $axx, 356 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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.
505 0 $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.
651 0 $aUnited States$xCivilization$y1945-
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945-
650 0 $aMass media$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States.
650 0 $aReason$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSocial values$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSocial psychology$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American.
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