The Assault on Reason
Our Information Ecosystem, from the Age of Print to the Era of Trump
1st Edition
Published on 20. April 2017
352 pages
978-1-4088-9197-1 (ISBN)
Description
Now with a New Preface and Conclusion: 'Post-Truth: On Donald Trump and the 2016 Election'
The United States of America is in the midst of a deepening crisis for their democracy. After the strangest election cycle in modern American history it is important that the grave threats to the American way of life that were glaringly revealed in this campaign are addressed. In The Assault on Reason, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Vice President Al Gore examines how faith in the power of reason - the idea that citizens can govern themselves through rational debate - is in peril. Democracy depends on a well-informed citizenry and a two-way conversation about ideas, but the public sphere has been degraded by fake news and the politics of fear, partisanship and blind faith.
Now updated to investigate the rise of Trump and post-truth politics, The Assault on Reason is a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking, crucial if the vitality of democracy is to be rebuilt and good decisions made once more.
The United States of America is in the midst of a deepening crisis for their democracy. After the strangest election cycle in modern American history it is important that the grave threats to the American way of life that were glaringly revealed in this campaign are addressed. In The Assault on Reason, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Vice President Al Gore examines how faith in the power of reason - the idea that citizens can govern themselves through rational debate - is in peril. Democracy depends on a well-informed citizenry and a two-way conversation about ideas, but the public sphere has been degraded by fake news and the politics of fear, partisanship and blind faith.
Now updated to investigate the rise of Trump and post-truth politics, The Assault on Reason is a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking, crucial if the vitality of democracy is to be rebuilt and good decisions made once more.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-9197-1 (9781408891971)
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Person
Former Vice President Al Gore is chairman of Current TV, serves as chairman of Generation Investment Management, is a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Computer, Inc. and a senior advisor to Google, Inc. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1982 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years. In 2007, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth. He and his wife, Tipper, live in Nashville, Tennessee. They have four children and three grandchildren.
Content
- Cover
- Half-title Page
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface to the 2017 Edition
- Introduction
- One. The Politics of Fear
- Two. Blinding the Faithful
- Three. The Politics of Wealth
- Four. Convenient Untruths
- Five. The Assault on the Individual
- Six. National Insecurity
- Seven. The Carbon Crisis
- Eight. Democracy in the Balance
- Nine. A Well-Connected Citizenry
- Conclusion The Rebirth of Democracy
- Conclusion to the 2017 Edition: Post-Truth: On Donald Trump and the 2016 Election
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright Page
