ISBN:
9781599474588
,
1599474581
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 260 pages
,
illustrations
,
24 cm
DDC:
306.42
Keywords:
National characteristics, American
;
United States Social conditions 21st century
;
United States Intellectual life 21st century
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
USA
;
Politische Kultur
;
Nationalcharakter
;
Geistesleben
Note:
Subtitle from cover
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Foreword--America: Are we losing our mind?
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Introduction--The knowledge requirement: what every American needs to know
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Part one--States of mind: indicators of intellectual and cognitive decline.The troubling trend of cultural IQ
,
Biblical literacy matters
,
Why Johnny and Joanie can't write, revisited
,
College graduates: satisfies, but adrift
,
Anatomy of an epidemic
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Part two--Personal and cognitive habits/interests.A wired nation tunes out the news
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Catching our eye : the alluring fallacy of knowing at a glance
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The rise of the self and the decline of intellectual and civic interest
,
Has internet-fueled conspiracy-mongering crested?
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Part three--National consequences.Dependency in America: American exceptionalism and the entitlement state
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Political ignorance in America
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In defense of difficulty: how the decline of the ideal of seriousness has dulled democracy in the name of phony populism
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We live in the age of feelings
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How colleges create the "expectation of confirmation"
,
The new antinomian attitude
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