Freethinkers: A History of American S...
Susan Jacoby'Jacoby accomplishes her task with clarity, thoroughness, and an engaging passion.' -Los Angeles Times Book Review At a time when the separation of church and state is under attack as never before, Freethinkers offers a powerf...
Alger Hiss and the Battle for History...
Susan JacobyBooks on Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss abound, as countless scholars have labored to uncover the facts behind Chambers's shocking accusation before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the summer of 1948—that Alger ...
Strange Gods: A Secular History of Co...
Susan JacobyIn a groundbreaking historical work that addresses religious conversion in the West from an uncompromisingly secular perspective, Susan Jacoby challenges the conventional narrative of conversion as a purely spiritual journey. From the...
The Age of American Unreason in a Cul...
Susan JacobyNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe prescient and now-classic analysis of the forces of anti-intellectualism in contemporary American life--updated for the era of Trump, Twitter, Breitbart and fake news controversies.The searing cultural history o...