Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire w/Dr. Dennis Patrick Slattery

It is my great pleasure tonight to have with me, Dr. Dennis Patrick Slattery, Emeritus Faculty, Mythological Studies Program at pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, CA discussing Kurt Anderson's Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500 Year History.  Subjects we'll be discussing tonight include: 

What America's history, beginning with its origin, brought Fantasy Thinking to the extreme level we witness today

The accelerated rise of the individual and beliefs as "true if I say it is true"

The loss or marginalizing of an objective reality everyone can agree on

Wanting the magic now: instant gratification and its consequences

Technology feeds the fantastic by encouraging people to seekout the magical and the miraculous

The shaping of a new myth is developing as a result of truth's relativemerits and the demise of an objective truth

The rise of the make-believe community

The loss of a literate and reflective citizenry

If you've been looking "out there" and wondering we got to where we are, this show might offer many insights....please tune in!F