LEADER 03679nam 2200649 450 001 9910788102203321 005 20230807210731.0 010 $a1-59947-509-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000618088 035 $a(EBL)2056342 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001540752 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11921407 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001540752 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11533788 035 $a(PQKB)11611577 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2056342 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6233024 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2056342 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11060781 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL788423 035 $a(OCoLC)910447091 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30753322 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30753322 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000618088 100 $a20150613h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe state of the American mind $e16 leading critics on the new anti-intellectualism /$fedited by Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWest Conshohocken, Pennsylvania :$cTempleton Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aSubtitle from cover. 311 $a1-59947-459-X 311 $a1-59947-458-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword-America: Are We Losing Our Mind?; Introduction-The Knowledge Requirement: What Every American Needs to Know; Part One-States of Mind: Indicators of Intellectual and Cognitive Decline; 1. The Troubling Trend of Cultural IQ ; 2. Biblical Literacy Matters ; 3. Why Johnny and Joanie Can't Write, Revisited ; 4. College Graduates: Satisfied, but Adrift ; 5. Anatomy of an Epidemic ; Part Two-Personal and Cognitive Habits/Interests; 6. A Wired Nation Tunes Out the News ; 7. Catching Our Eye: The Alluring Fallacy of Knowing at a Glance 327 $a8. The Rise of the Self and the Decline of Intellectual and Civic Interest 9. Has Internet-Fueled Conspiracy-Mongering Crested? ; Part Three-National Consequences; 10. Dependency in America: American Exceptionalism and the Entitlement State ; 11. Political Ignorance in America ; 12. In Defense of Difficulty: How the Decline of the Ideal of Seriousness Has Dulled Democracy in the Name of a Phony Populism ; 13. We Live in the Age of Feelings ; 14. How Colleges Create the "Expectation of Confirmation" ; 15. The New Antinomian Attitude ; Afterword; Contributors; Index 330 $aIn 1987, Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind was published; a wildly popular book that drew attention to the shift in American culture away from the tenants that made America-and Americans-unique. Bloom focused on a breakdown in the American curriculum, but many sensed that the issue affected more than education. The very essence of what it meant to be an American was disappearing. That was over twenty years ago. Since then, the United States has experienced unprecedented wealth, more youth enrolling in higher education than ever before, and technology advancements far beyond what m 606 $aIntellectuals$zUnited States 606 $aMass media and culture$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y21st century 615 0$aIntellectuals 615 0$aMass media and culture 676 $a305.5520973 702 $aBauerlein$b Mark 702 $aBellow$b Adam 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788102203321 996 $aThe state of the American mind$93777203 997 $aUNINA