Description: Al Gore SIGNED The Assault On Reason Vice President First Edition Hardcover COA Up for bids is this 2007 first edition hardcover version of The Assault on Reason, which was written AND signed by former Vice President Al Gore and is in VERY GOOD condition (NO reminder marks; NOT a library book; NO punch holes).Certificate of Authenticity (COA) – This book comes with a COA from eJay Collectiblez (see picture 2) as it has been fully examined by our forensic expert and has passed our 20-step authentication process. We are so confident in our process that IF one of our SIGNED items fails authentication via Beckett, PSA or CGC, eJay Collectiblez will provide you with a full refund plus an additional $10 to help offset the expensive authentication process.A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degration of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reasonAt the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism.We live in an age when the thirty-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Related to this and of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning-first among them an embrace of open inquiry in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions.How did we get here? How much damage has been done to the functioning of our democracy and its role as steward of our security? Never has there been a worse time for us to lose the capacity to face the reality of our long-term challenges, from national security to the economy, from issues of health and social welfare to the environment. As The Assault on Reason shows us, we have precious little time to waste.Gore's larger goal in this book is to explain how the public sphere itself has evolved into a place hospitable to reason's enemies, to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds, and to lead us to an understanding of what we can do, individually and collectively, to restore the rule of reason and safeguard our future. Drawing on a life's work in politics as well as on the work of experts across a broad range of disciplines, Al Gore has written a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking.
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Signed By: Al Gore
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Signed: Yes
Features: Certificates of Authenticity (COA) Included
Edition: First Edition
Book Title: Assault on Reason
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Topic: Anxieties & Phobias, Fundamentalism, General, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General, Movements / Rationalism, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Freedom, American Government / National
Item Height: 1.3 in
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Religion, Political Science, Philosophy, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 20.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Al Gore
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
