Jackson Lears

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T. J. Jackson Lears () is a U. S. cultural and intellectual historian with interests in comparative religious history, literature and the visual arts, folklore and folk beliefs. He is the 'Board of Governors Professor of History' at Rutgers University and Editor in Chief of the Raritan Quarterly Review. His books include Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America (1994) and Something for Nothing: Luck in America (2003). He has written essays and reviews in The New York Times, The Nation, and other magazines.