by Francis Wheen · HarperPerennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007140978
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«How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World» is Francis Wheen's cultural criticism essay, published by HarperPerennial in paperback (368 pages, in English).
A controversial essay on the retreat of reason in today's world. Wheen surveys the rise of superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria, from fundamentalism to astrology, poststructuralism and the dot-com fever, with the United States as a showcase of the absurd, and champions critical thinking against credulity.
The book carries the subtitle 'A Short History of Modern Delusions' and was published on October 4, 2004. Francis Wheen, the book's author, was awarded the George Orwell Prize.
A work for readers interested in history, philosophy and politics, with a critical and ironic approach to recent culture.
