Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials

The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety

Wendy Kaminer

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English

Vintage Books
15 November 2000

General fiction (Children's&YA)

In Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials, social critic Wendy Kaminer illuminates the various ways in which society has come to value emotion over reason, faith over fact, and argues that declarations of intense belief have largely taken the place of rational discourse. In a world in which ""How do you feel,"" seems to be a more frequently asked question than ""What do you know,"" Kaminer's examination of the rise of spiritualism, the mushrooming junk science, and the habitual merging of political and evangelical speech, blazes with relevance and incisive wit.

Probing the amusing and ominous implications of rampant credulity in our age, Kaminer raises important questions, and provides a thoughtful and eloquent perspective on the perils of present-day irrationalism.

By: Wendy Kaminer
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 343g
ISBN: 9780679758860
ISBN 10: 0679758860
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 November 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wendy Kaminer lives in Massachusetts.

Reviews for Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety

[Kaminer] sends us a wise warning against the dangers to public freedoms in all overweening personal beliefs. -- USA Today <br> Wendy Kaminer is hard to place on the left-right political spectrum--and that is what imbues her work with originality. She relishes the clang of a good argument. -- The Boston Globe <br> Wonderful Wendy Kaminer! With wit and style and cold hard facts, she skewers contemporary credulity. --Katha Pollitt, author of Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism