Susan Jacoby

Susan Jacoby (born 1945) is an American author, most recently of the "New York Times" best seller, "The Age of American Unreason" about American anti-intellectualism. She is an atheist and secularist. Jacoby graduated from Michigan State University in 1964. She lives in New York City and is director of the New York branch of the Center for Inquiry.cite web
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Jacoby, who began her career as a reporter for "The Washington Post", has been a contributor to a wide variety of national publications, including "The New York Times", the "Los Angeles Times", "The American Prospect", "Mother Jones", "The Nation", "Glamour", and the "AARP Bulletin" and "AARP Magazine". She is currently a panelist for "On Faith," a Washington Post-Newsweek blog on religion.

Her book "Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism" was named a notable book of 2004 by "The Washington Post" and "The New York Times".cite web|title=About the Author|urlhttp://www.susanjacoby.com/about.html|publisher=SusanJacoby.com|accessdate=2008-08-14] It was also named an Outstanding International Book of the Year by the "Times Literary Supplement" (London) and "The Guardian". "Wild Justice: The Evolution of Revenge" (1984) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Her book "Half-Jew: A Daughter's Search for Her Family's Buried Past" (2000) explores her partial Jewish roots. Raised in a Catholic home, Jacoby did not learn of her father's Jewish roots until she was in her early 20s.cite web
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Books

* "Moscow Conversations" (1972)
* "The Friendship Barrier: Ten Russian Encounters" (1972, British edition)
* "Inside Soviet Schools" (1974)
* "The Possible She" (1979)
* "Wild Justice: The Evolution of Revenge" (1983)
* "Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family, 1865-1992" (with Yelena Khanga) (1992)
* "Half-Jew: A Daughter's Search for Her Family's Buried Past" (2000)
* "Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism" (2004)
* "The Age of American Unreason", Pantheon (2008)

ee also

Center for Inquiry

References

External links

* [http://www.susanjacoby.com/ SusanJacoby.com] - official website
* [http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/susan_jacoby/archives.html Susan Jacoby article archives] , The Washington Post
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/books/14dumb.html?ex=1360731600&en=9b835f267a3ba9fa&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?] , New York Times
*cite web
url=http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/02/15/susan_jacoby/
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first=Laura
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* [http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2008/4/9/213330/8162/ Susan's On Air Interview with The Young Turks.]
* [http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=204175-1 Susan Jacoby talks about her book The Age of American Unreason with Nick Gillespie on C-Span's Book TV program After Words] . Information and video.
* [http://www.pointofinquiry.org/susan_jacoby_the_age_of_american_unreason/ Susan Jacoby talks about The Age of American Unreason with D.J. Grothe on the Point of Inquiry podcast]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=dj_BPwOrOn8C Google Book Search - About "Freethinkers" & TOC]
* [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/144/story_14451_1.html Beliefnet.com - "Freethought Revival"] - Interview with Susan Jacoby
* [http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/05/02/int05007.html Buzzflash.com Interview with Susan Jacoby]
* [http://www.pbs.org/now/society/jacoby.html NOW with Bill Moyers - Society & Community - Susan Jacoby - PBS] .