{"product_id":"the-assault-on-reason-our-information-ecosystem-from-the-age-of-print-to-the-age-of-trump-2017-edition-9780143113621","title":"The Assault on Reason: Our Information Ecosystem, from the Age of Print to the Age of Trump, 2017 Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow with a New Preface and Conclusion: \"Post-Truth: On Donald Trump and the 2016 Election\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book shows a fiery, throw-caution-to-the winds Al Gore, who . . . has decided to lay it all on the line with a blistering assessment of the Bush administration and the state of public discourse in America.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gore's faith in human nature is braver and sharper than (the cynics). . . . This book isn't about him; it's about the republic whose freedoms depend on increasing reasoned debate and reducing intimidating noise.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat has happened to our country and how can we fix it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are in the midst of a deepening crisis for our democracy. After the strangest election cycle in modern American history it is important that we address the grave threats to our way of life that were glaringly revealed in this campaign. In \u003ci\u003eThe Assault on Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. Our democracy depends on a well-informed citizenry and a two-way conversation about ideas, but our 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Assault on Reason\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to rebuild the vitality of American democracy by restoring the nation's information ecosystem so that we can start making good decisions again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143113621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.42w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/18\/2008 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Al Gore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45111852728501,"sku":"9780143113621","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aaf3ed48-5cd1-48ab-a289-ef897cded388.jpg?v=1739887338","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-assault-on-reason-our-information-ecosystem-from-the-age-of-print-to-the-age-of-trump-2017-edition-9780143113621","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}