The New Nonsense: The End of the Rational ConsensusAnalyzes the embracing of non-rational ideas or beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence as a harbinger of social collapse. |
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... Helen Morgan on her * From the Jaws of Victory , Simon and Schuster , 1971 . Perhaps at that not so brief , since in other forms it seems to be continuing . piano , dying of booze , as my father and 29 NONSENSE AND REVOLUTION.
... Helen Morgan on her * From the Jaws of Victory , Simon and Schuster , 1971 . Perhaps at that not so brief , since in other forms it seems to be continuing . piano , dying of booze , as my father and 29 NONSENSE AND REVOLUTION.
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... violent form . Some developed into deep sleeps , and some sleeps provided communication with dead or distant spirits by way of the fluid * Mesmerism . directly to the somnambulist's sixth sense . . . Many 62 THE NEW NONSENSE.
... violent form . Some developed into deep sleeps , and some sleeps provided communication with dead or distant spirits by way of the fluid * Mesmerism . directly to the somnambulist's sixth sense . . . Many 62 THE NEW NONSENSE.
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... nonsense - prone children of the ' 60s were not stupid . The element of " camp " —mocking them- selves , mocking existence - showed that in a part of themselves , they knew what they were doing . In a sense , they understood the ...
... nonsense - prone children of the ' 60s were not stupid . The element of " camp " —mocking them- selves , mocking existence - showed that in a part of themselves , they knew what they were doing . In a sense , they understood the ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
On Being a Believer | 33 |
Touch Hate Feel Etc | 42 |
Copyright | |
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