The age of American unreason / Susan Jacoby.
By: Jacoby, Susan.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c2008Edition: 1st ed.Description: xx, 356 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780375423741 (trade); 0375423745.Other title: American unreason.Subject(s): United States -- Civilization -- 1945- | United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- | Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States | Popular culture -- United States | Reason -- Social aspects -- United States | Social values -- United States | Social psychology -- United States | National characteristics, American | United States -- Civilization | United States -- Social conditions | Mass media -- United States -- Social aspects | Popular culture -- United States | Reason -- Social aspects | Social values -- United States | Social psychology -- United States | American national characteristicsDDC classification: 973.91 Summary: Explores how American culture is becoming obsessed with the mass media, from the Internet to television to tabloid magazines, leading to a break down in American rationalism and an increasingly ignorant public.Explores how American culture is becoming obsessed with the mass media, from the Internet to television to tabloid magazines, leading to a break down in American rationalism and an increasingly ignorant public.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-332) and index.
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