American Unreason
The New York Times reports on Susan Jacoby‘s book “The Age of American Unreason.” It is interesting reading the book review – even though it is a rather dumbed down version of a book review – after watching “Friends of God,” a documentary about Christian Evangelicals, which portrait nicely their naive happiness and ignorant bliss.
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According to the Times review, Jacboy notes that “anti-intellectualism (the attitude that “too much learning can be a dangerous thing”) and anti-rationalism (“the idea that there is no such things as evidence or fact, just opinion”) have fused in a particularly insidious way.” A scary combination indeed… I would argue – based on my impressions from the documentary – that this fusion has been propagated and encouraged by evangelicals, including, of course, the US president.
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And I would agree with you, wholeheartedly.