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基本説明
邦訳：2008年・ランダムハウス講談社。2007年のノーベル平和賞を受賞したアメリカの元副大統領アル・ゴアが『不都合な真実』(An Inconvenient Truth)に続いて著した、現代アメリカ社会への批判的提言。前著が環境問題に焦点を当てたのに対し、本書では政治と民主主義の危機を論じる。
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2007. A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason.
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Now with a New Preface and Conclusion: "Post-Truth: On Donald Trump and the 2016 Election"
"This book shows a fiery, throw-caution-to-the winds Al Gore, who . . . has decided to lay it all on the line with a blistering assessment of the Bush administration and the state of public discourse in America." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Gore's faith in human nature is braver and sharper than (the cynics). . . . This book isn't about him; it's about the republic whose freedoms depend on increasing reasoned debate and reducing intimidating noise." —The Boston Globe
What has happened to our country and how can we fix it?
We are in the midst of a deepening crisis for our democracy. After the strangest election cycle in modern American history it is important that we address the grave threats to our way of life that were glaringly revealed in this campaign. In The Assault on Reason, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Vice President Al Gore examines how faith in the power of reason—the idea that citizens can govern themselves through rational debate—is in peril. Our democracy depends on a well-informed citizenry and a two-way conversation about ideas, but our public sphere has been degraded by fake news and the politics of fear, partisanship, and blind faith. Now updated to investigate the rise of Trump and post-truth politics, The Assault on Reason is a call to rebuild the vitality of American democracy by restoring the nation's information ecosystem so that we can start making good decisions again.
