Idiot proof : deluded celebrities, irrational power brokers, media morons, and the erosion of common sense / Francis Wheen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wheen, Francis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thought and thinking--History--20th century.

Thought and thinking.

Intellectual life--History--20th century.

Intellectual life.

History.

Civilization, Modern--1950-.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

327 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Public Affairs, [2004]

Summary:

In turn comic, indignant, outraged and just plain baffled by the idiocy of it all, "Idiot Proof" is a masterful depiction of the daftness of our times and a plea that we might just think a little more and believe a little less.

Contents:

Introduction: Dare to Know 1

1. The Voodoo Revolution 9

2. Old Snake-Oil, New Bottles 39

3. It's the End of the World as We Know It 62

4. The Demolition Merchants of Reality 75

5. The Catastrophists 113

6. With God on Our Side 153

7. Us and Them 161

8. The New Romantics 178

9. Forward to the Past 206

10. Voodoo Revisited 238.

Notes:

Originally published: under title "How mumbo-jumbo conquered the world: a short history of modern delusions: Fourth Estate, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-305) and index.

ISBN:

1586482475

OCLC:

54007046