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Stock Photo | | Item Specifics - Nonfiction Books | | | Author: | Al Gore | | Category: | Biography & Memoir | | | Publisher: | Penguin Group USA | | | Political | | | ISBN-10: | 1594201226 | | | | | | ISBN-13: | 9781594201226 | | Condition: | New | | | Format: | Hardcover | | | | | | Publication Year: | 2007 | | | | | | Special Attributes: | -- | | | | | | |
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The Assault on Reason by Al Gore
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The first question many people ask when hearing of a new book from Al Gore is, "Is it about the environment?" The answer is yes, but it's not (or, rather, not only) the kind of environment he wrote about in Earth in the Balance and of course painted such a vivid picture of in his Oscar-winning documentary (and companion book), An Inconvenient Truth. It's the political environment he's concerned about in The Assault on Reason: the way we debate and decide on the critical issues of the day. In an account that balances theoretical discussion of the foundations of democracy with a lacerating critique of the Bush administration, Gore argues that the marketplace of reasoned debate our country was founded on is being endangered by a variety of allied forces: the use of fear and the misuse of faith, the distractions of our entertainment culture, and the concentrations of power in the national media and the executive branch. In his essay and answers to our questions below, he introduces the crisis he sees, as well as the opportunity for its solution he envisions in the open forums of the Internet.
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| Synopsis | An analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has created an environment dangerously hostile to reason. We live in an age when the 30-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. Of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in the process by which the truth is ascertained--an open inquiry in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions. Never has there been a worse time for us to lose the capacity to face the reality of our long-term challenges. Gore aims to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds, and to lead us to an understanding of what we can do to safeguard our future.--From publisher description.
It has become commonplace to say that the public is tired of politics and politicians, and is so disenchanted with business as usual in Washington that people are opting out of participating. Now, it seems, the politicians themselves are tired, too. In ASSAULT ON REASON, Al Gore tells us that the state of public discourse is so low that our very democracy is threatened.
Gore argues that the fault lies with ourselves--politicians, parties, the media, and the citizenry. True, he is pointedly critical of the administration of President George W. Bush, for reasons stated in the subtitle and under whose watch the debasement he speaks of has taken place. He is specific about how the checks and balances and other protections put in place by the founding fathers have been flouted, and how Congress, in his view, seems to have rolled over. But he comes not to blame, but to rebuild. To dig ourselves out of the hole we are in, Gore would restore openness and healthy debate to the public sphere, along with a good dose of reality. Reason and good faith must rule over personalities and partisanship. By the end, Gore’s book is a call to action, and a challenge to the only ones who can bring about change: "We, the people."
| | Size | | Length: | 308 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in. | | Width: | 6.5 in. | | Thickness: | 1.2 in. | | Weight: | 20.8 oz. |
| | Industry reviews | "...Gore's professorial style, with its touches of sarcasm, omniscient tone, erudite asides and exasperated sighs, elicits a different response today than it did seven years ago....The change in attitude is as obvious as the reason behind it: The overwhelming scientific consensus has since confirmed Gore's years of warnings about the most important issue facing the planet....Even when he is saying something we already know, his voice adds a note of prophetic confirmation."
(06/03/2007)
"But this isn't a campaign book or another venture in teaching and advocacy. It's a deep public remonstrance, inspired a little by Tom Paine's COMMON SENSE, which combined anger at King George III in his day with larger arguments that the institution of monarchy itself had become a threat to our liberties. Gore is no Paine, but he argues persuasively that Bush's tenure is no longer a constitutional presidency. The book is part polemic, part impeachment in hard covers."
(05/23/2007)
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