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 4 October 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.
