Susan Jacoby appears in the following:
When Conversion Isn't a Religious Experience
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Susan Jacoby explores the history of forced conversions, and those undertaken for political advantage, economic opportunities and intermarriage.
Changing My Religion
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Author Susan Jacoby talks about the non-spiritual reasons for religious conversions and how political/economic forces act on societies and individuals when it comes to religious beliefs.
Did Women Really Get the Shaft in the Mad Men Era?
Monday, April 29, 2013
Drawing on her father's life and career, Susan Jacoby, author of The Last Men on Top, asks if men really had it better in the pre-feminist America of the 1950's and 1960's. Plus: read an excerpt from the book.
The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age
Monday, February 07, 2011
Susan Jacoby discusses the recent idea that the baby boom generation will experience a radically new kind of old age—unmarred by physical or mental deterioration, financial problems, or loneliness. Her book Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age raises the fundamental question of whether living longer is a good thing unless it means living better.
Anti-Intellectualism in America
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Susan Jacoby talks about the history of anti-intellectualism in America, and how it’s shaped post-WWII society. Her new book is The Age of American Unreason.
Event: Susan Jacoby will moderate a discussion with Alan Wolfe and Michael Kazin
Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30 pm
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