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  <title>The Age of American Unreason</title>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has been hyped with a lot of articles in newspapers, esp. a big one in the New York Times and sounded interesting. I found that the sections of the book where she laid out the historical foundations of American anti-intellectualism were not as interesting as the sections towards the end where she starts cataloging all the junk science, junk thought, obsession with celebrities,technological distractions, and 'us folks' relativism that have taken over society today. Some of it approaches the level of a screed, but the screed was what I found most entertaining and amusing-at times her points were really trenchant and interesting and at other times she seems like an old lady who just hates these newfangled computers. I also think (heresy coming up!) that she puts too much faith in the power of the printed word as the one thing that can counter all the junk that we are presented with every day. I guess I dont have as much faith in that as she does.<br/>It's a surprisingly quick read, not tedious and makes you think-I felt guilty having the TV on as background noise as I read and her words made me shut it off and think about how much TV I watch.]]></body>
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