After Words
Susan Jacoby
2008-04-26T22:01:49-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNWRhXC8yMDQxNzUtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Susan Jacoby talked about her book The Age of American Unreason, published by Pantheon. In her book she offers a critique on American society and says that a the combination of anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism in American culture is becoming a serious problem. In the book she focuses on issues including society’s addiction to mass media, ineffective educational systems, and religious fundamentalism. The guest interviewer was Nick Gillespie.
Susan Jacoby is an independent scholar who focuses on American intellectual history. She is the author of eight books including Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism and Half-Jew: A Daughter’s Search for Her Family’s Buried Past. Ms. Jacoby is the program director of the Center for Inquiry in New York City and a regular panelist for the website “On Faith.” She also maintains her own political blog, “The Secularist’s Corner,” on the Washington Post web site.
Nick Gillespie is editor of Reason.tv and Reason.com, which f
Susan Jacoby talked about her book The Age of American Unreason, published by Pantheon. In her book she offers a critique on American societ…
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Susan Jacoby talked about her book The Age of American Unreason, published by Pantheon. In her book she offers a critique on American society and says that a the combination of anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism in American culture is becoming a serious problem. In the book she focuses on issues including society’s addiction to mass media, ineffective educational systems, and religious fundamentalism. The guest interviewer was Nick Gillespie.
Susan Jacoby is an independent scholar who focuses on American intellectual history. She is the author of eight books including Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism and Half-Jew: A Daughter’s Search for Her Family’s Buried Past. Ms. Jacoby is the program director of the Center for Inquiry in New York City and a regular panelist for the website “On Faith.” She also maintains her own political blog, “The Secularist’s Corner,” on the Washington Post web site.
Nick Gillespie is editor of Reason.tv and Reason.com, which f close
Susan Jacoby is an independent scholar who focuses on American intellectual history. She is the author of eight books including Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism and Half-Jew: A Daughter’s Search for Her Family’s Buried Past. Ms. Jacoby is the program director of the Center for Inquiry in New York City and a regular panelist for the website “On Faith.” She also maintains her own political blog, “The Secularist’s Corner,” on the Washington Post web site.
Nick Gillespie is editor of Reason.tv and Reason.com, which f
Susan Jacoby talked about her book The Age of American Unreason, published by Pantheon. In her book she offers a critique on American societ… read more
Susan Jacoby talked about her book The Age of American Unreason, published by Pantheon. In her book she offers a critique on American society and says that a the combination of anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism in American culture is becoming a serious problem. In the book she focuses on issues including society’s addiction to mass media, ineffective educational systems, and religious fundamentalism. The guest interviewer was Nick Gillespie.
Susan Jacoby is an independent scholar who focuses on American intellectual history. She is the author of eight books including Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism and Half-Jew: A Daughter’s Search for Her Family’s Buried Past. Ms. Jacoby is the program director of the Center for Inquiry in New York City and a regular panelist for the website “On Faith.” She also maintains her own political blog, “The Secularist’s Corner,” on the Washington Post web site.
Nick Gillespie is editor of Reason.tv and Reason.com, which f close
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