A cultural history of the last forty years, The Age of American Unreasonfocuses 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; and the triumph of video over print culture. Sparing neither the right nor the left, Jacoby asserts that Americans today have embraced a universe of "junk thought" that makes almost no effort to separate fact from opinion.

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• Publication Date: February 12, 2008
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