Assault on Reason by Al Gore
	List Price:   $16.00 Unit Price:   $12.80 You Save:   $3.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0143113623 ISBN-13:   9780143113621 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   April 2008 Pages:   308 Format:   Paperback Ages:   18 to Grades:   12 to
Awards
2005  School Library Journal Best Books of the Year  Winner!  2006  Commonwealth Writers Prize  Nominee/Honoree  2005  Los Angeles Times Book Prizes  Nominee/Honoree  2005  Quill Awards  Nominee/Honoree  2007  Great Lakes Book Awards  Winner!
Description/Notes
A #1 New York Timesbestseller: A visionary analysis of the degradation of our public sphere and its consequences for our democracy Nobel Peace Prize winner, bestselling author, activist, and political icon, Al Gore has become one of the most respected and influential public intellectuals in America today. The Assault on Reasontakes an unprecedented look at how faith in the power of reason?the idea that citizens can govern themselves through rational debate?is now under assault. The marketplace of ideas, once open to everyone through the printed word, has been corrupted by the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith. By leading us to an understanding of what we can do to restore the rule of reason, Gore has written a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking. ?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, The New York Times ?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.? ?The Boston Globe The former vice president presents a visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith of the Bush-led radical Right have combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason. aThis 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.a aMichiko Kakutani, 'The New York Times' aGoreas faith in human nature is braver and sharper than (the cynics). . . . This book isnat about him; itas about the republic whose freedoms depend on increasing reasoned debate and reducing intimidating noise.a a'The Boston Globe'