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The Age of American Unreason

The Age of American Unreason By Susan Jacoby, 2009 Jacoby writes about anti-intellectualism in America. She was inspired by the book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter, which was published in 1963. Jacoby points out that more than half … Continue reading

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Shaw and the Play of Ideas

Shaw And The Play of Ideas By Robert F Whitman, 1977 Shaw’s hostility to Capitalism as the source of most of civilized man’s economic, social and moral ills, is both well known and persuasive throughout his writing….And war in general … Continue reading

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The Metaphysics of Star Trek

he Metaphysics of Star Trek The Metaphysics of Star Trek by Richard Hanley came out in 1997.  It explores both Philosophy and Metaphysics so it covers both the wisdom and the principle of things after physics. “That is the exploration … Continue reading

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