{"product_id":"the-poisoning-of-the-american-mind-9781942695424","title":"The Poisoning of the American Mind","description":"What would you have to believe in order to dress up as a shaman, paint your face, and storm the U.S. Capitol? What could possibly lead somebody to claim that it upholds white supremacy to encourage hard work, self-reliance, rational thinking, punctuality, and politeness? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Such behaviors would have been unimaginable only a few years ago. And yet here we are, witnessing millions of people across the political spectrum displaying these clear indications of an epistemically poisoned mind. Both red America and blue America are retreating into their own information bubbles, seceding from a common reality. Both consume far too much misinformation and disinformation, developing worldviews that can sometimes be unintelligible to others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book explores these disturbing developments and what they mean for our society and implores us all to recover a shared sense of what is true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence M. Eppard\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at Shippensburg University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eRugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacob L. Mackey\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture at Occidental College and author of \u003ci\u003eBelief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Jussim\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Social Psychology at Rutgers University and author of \u003ci\u003eSocial Perception and Social Reality: Why Accuracy Dominates Bias and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"George Mason University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892871237906,"sku":"9781942695424","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a6917c6a-68cd-45ba-ae64-5de74bf7648f.jpg?v=1738209675","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-poisoning-of-the-american-mind-9781942695424","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}