| Plagues of the Mind: The New Epidemic of False Knowledge Contributor(s): Thornton, Bruce S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 188292634X ISBN-13: 9781882926343 Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: Mass literacy, mass communication, and the Internet have all increased the amount of information available. But false knowledge still abounds. Taking cues from Sir Thomas Browne, the English Renaissance skeptic, this title examines a host of contemporary errors in thinking and offers a powerful explanation of why they occur. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - History | United States - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 149.7 |
| LCCN: 99064337 |
| Lexile Measure: 1720 |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 6.32" W x 9.38" (1.43 lbs) 303 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Classicist Bruce Thornton's Plagues of the Mind is a forceful vindication of the West's tradition of rational, critical inquiry -- a legacy now largely jettisoned in favor of a host of new deities -- environmentalism, feminism, primitivism, New Age, and the cult of the therapeutic among theme. |