The state of the American mind : 16 leading critics on the new anti-intellectualism /
edited by Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow.
- xvii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subtitle from cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
America: Are we losing our mind? / The knowledge requirement: what every American needs to know / 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 / Personal and cognitive habits/interests. A wired nation tunes out the news / Catching our eye : the alluring fallacy of knowing at a glance / The rise of the self and the decline of intellectual and civic interest / Has internet-fueled conspiracy-mongering crested? / National consequences. Dependency in America: American exceptionalism and the entitlement state / Political ignorance in America / In defense of difficulty: how the decline of the ideal of seriousness has dulled democracy in the name of phony populism / We live in the age of feelings / How colleges create the "expectation of confirmation" / The new antinomian attitude / Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow -- E.D. Hirsch Jr. -- Marl Bauerlein -- Daniel L. Dreisbach -- Gerald Graff -- Richard Arum -- Robert Whitaker -- David T.Z. Mindich -- Maggie Jackson -- Jean M. Twenge -- Jonathan Kay -- Nicholas Eberstadt -- Ilya Somin -- Steve Wasserman -- Dennis Prager -- Greg Lukianoff -- R.R. Reno. Foreword-- Introduction-- Part one-- Part two-- Part three--
9781599474588 (hbk) 1599474581
National characteristics, American.
United States--Intellectual life--21st century. United States--Social conditions--21st century. Estados Unidos --Características nacionales Estados Unidos--Vida intelectual--Siglo XXI Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales--Siglo XXI