Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety

Name: Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety
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ISBN: 9780679758860

ISBN-10: 0679758860

ISBN-13: 9780679758860

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Authors: Wendy Kaminer

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InSleeping with Extra-Terrestrials, social critic Wendy Kaminer illuminates the various ways in which society has come to value emotion over reason, faith over fact, and argues that declarations of intense belief have largely taken the place of rational discourse. In a world in which "How do you feel," seems to be a more frequently asked question than "What do you know," Kaminer's examination of the rise of spiritualism, the mushrooming junk science, and the habitual merging of political and evangelical speech, blazes with relevance and incisive wit. Probing the amusing and ominous implications of rampant credulity in our age, Kaminer raises important questions, and provides a thoughtful…

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List price: $15.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/10/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.76" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English



Introduction



Pious Biases



The Sectarian Public Square



Pop Spirituality Books and the Gospel of Good News



Gurus and the Spirituality Bazaar



Junk Science



The Therapeutic Assault on Reason and Rights



Cyberspacy



The Strenuous Life


Notes


Acknowledgments