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The Resource The assault on reason, Al Gore, (electronic resource)
The assault on reason, Al Gore, (electronic resource)
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The item The assault on reason, Al Gore, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item The assault on reason, Al Gore, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degration of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason. At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the thirty-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Related to this and of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning-first among them an embrace of open inquiry in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions
- Language
- eng
- Note
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- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged
- Duration: 10:08:17
- Isbn
- 9781415944134
- Label
- The assault on reason
- Title
- The assault on reason
- Statement of responsibility
- Al Gore
- Subject
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- Bush, George W., (George Walker), 1946-
- Bush, George W., (George Walker), 1946- -- Friends and associates
- Democracy -- United States
- Fear -- Political aspects -- United States
- Official secrets -- United States
- Audiobooks
- Reason -- Political aspects -- United States
- Reason -- Social aspects -- United States
- Religious fundamentalism -- Political aspects -- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
- Political culture -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degration of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason. At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the thirty-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Related to this and of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning-first among them an embrace of open inquiry in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions
- Accompanying matter
- libretto or text
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gore, Albert
- Dewey number
- 973.931
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- E902
- LC item number
- .G67 2007ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
- Music parts
- not applicable
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bush, George W.
- Bush, George W.
- Political culture
- Democracy
- Reason
- Reason
- Fear
- Official secrets
- Religious fundamentalism
- United States
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The assault on reason, Al Gore, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
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- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged
- Duration: 10:08:17
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Control code
- ocn144513517
- Dimensions
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- not applicable
- unknown
- Form of item
- electronic
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781415944134
- Isbn Type
- (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- unknown
- System control number
- (OCoLC)144513517
- System details
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- Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 145692 KB)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The assault on reason, Al Gore, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
-
- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged
- Duration: 10:08:17
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Control code
- ocn144513517
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Form of item
- electronic
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781415944134
- Isbn Type
- (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- unknown
- System control number
- (OCoLC)144513517
- System details
-
- Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 145692 KB)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Bush, George W., (George Walker), 1946-
- Bush, George W., (George Walker), 1946- -- Friends and associates
- Democracy -- United States
- Fear -- Political aspects -- United States
- Official secrets -- United States
- Audiobooks
- Reason -- Political aspects -- United States
- Reason -- Social aspects -- United States
- Religious fundamentalism -- Political aspects -- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
- Political culture -- United States
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