Susan Jacoby (/əˈkbi/; lahir 4 Juni 1945[1]) adalah seorang penulis asal Amerika Serikat. Pada 2008, ia menulis buku tentang anti-intelektualisme Amerika Serikat, The Age of American Unreason, yang menjadi karya berpenjualan terbaik New York Times. Ia adalah seorang ateis dan sekuleris. Jacoby lulus dari Michigan State University pada 1965. Ia menetap di New York City dan merupakan direktur program dari cabang New York dari Center for Inquiry.[2]

Susan Jacoby
Susan Jacoby pada 2012
Lahir04 Juni 1945 (umur 79)
Okemos, Michigan
Tempat tinggalNew York City
PendidikanMichigan State University
Pekerjaanpenulis, direktur
Tempat kerjaCenter for Inquiry-Metro New York
Karya terkenalWild Justice, The Age of American Unreason, Alger Hiss and The Battle for History, Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
Situs webwww.susanjacoby.com

Bibliografi

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  • 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) (1994)
  • 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)
  • Alger Hiss and the Battle for History (2009)
  • Never Say Die (2011)[3]
  • The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought (2013)
  • Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion (2016)

Referensi

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  1. ^ Barnet, Sylvan; Hugo Bedau (2008). Current Issues and Enduring Questions (edisi ke-8). Boston, MA: Bedford-St. Martin's. hlm. 41. ISBN 0-312-45986-6. 
  2. ^ "Biography". PBS.org. May 14, 2004. Diakses tanggal 2008-06-15. 
  3. ^ "'Never Say Die,' Susan Jacoby's tough look at the realities of aging". The Washington Post. 2011-02-06. 

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