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How mumbo-jumbo conquered the world : a short history of modern delusions

Author:Francis Wheen

Summary:"Francis Wheen presents a polemical demonstration of the rise of irrationalism. From Middle Eastern fundamentalism to the rise of lotteries, astrology to mysticism, poststructuralism to the Third Way, Wheen shows that there has been a pervasive erosion of Enlightenment values, which have been displaced by nonsense. And no country has a more vivid parade of the bogus and bizarre than the one founded to embody enlightenment values: the USA."--Jacket

Print Book, English, 2004

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Publisher: Public Affairs, New York, 2004

Genre:History

Physical Description:327 pages ; 21 cm

ISBN:

9781586483487, 158648348X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:61850883

Subjects:

Civilisation 1950-

Civilization, Modern

Civilization, Modern 1950-

History of ideas, intellectual history

Intellectual life

Intellectual life History 20th century

Pensée Histoire 20e siècle

Political science & theory

Social & cultural history

Thought and thinking

Thought and thinking History 20th century

World history: from c 1900 -

Notes:

Originally published: London : Fourth Estate, 2004