Technopoly

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Technopoly
Technopoly
Author : Neil Postman
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Publisher : Vintage
Language : English
Release Date : 01 June 2011
ISBN : 9780307797353
Pages : 240 pages
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Technopoly by Neil Postman Book PDF Summary

In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it—with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth.

Technopoly

Technopoly by Neil Postman

In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it—with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education,

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Confronting Technopoly

Confronting Technopoly by Phil Rose

In 1992, Neil Postman presciently coined the term "technopoly" to refer to "the surrender of culture to technology." This book brings together a number of contributors from different disciplinary perspectives to analyze technopoly both as a concept and as it is seen and understood in contemporary society. Contributors present both analysis

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Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

Examines the effects of television culture on how we conduct our public affairs and how "entertainment values" corrupt the way we think.

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Strange Weather

Strange Weather by Andrew Ross

Who speaks for science in a technologically dominated society? In his latest work of cultural criticism Andrew Ross contends that this question yields no simple or easy answer. In our present technoculture a wide variety of people, both inside and outside the scientific community, have become increasingly vocal in exercising

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The End of Education

The End of Education by Neil Postman

In this comprehensive response to the education crisis, the author of Teaching as a Subversive Activity returns to the subject that established his reputation as one of our most insightful social critics. Postman presents useful models with which schools can restore a sense of purpose, tolerance, and a respect for

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Building a Bridge to the 18th Century

Building a Bridge to the 18th Century by Neil Postman

At a time when we are reexamining our values, reeling from the pace of change, witnessing the clash between good instincts and "pragmatism," dealing with the angst of a new millennium, Neil Postman, one of our most distinguished observers of contemporary society, provides for us a source of guidance and

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Transhumanism and the Image of God

Transhumanism and the Image of God by Jacob Shatzer

We're constantly invited to think about the future of technology as a progressive improvement of tools: our gadgets will continue to evolve, but we humans will stay basically the same. In the future, perhaps even alien species and intelligent robots will coexist alongside humans, who will grapple with challenges and

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Conscientious Objections

Conscientious Objections by Neil Postman

In a series of feisty and ultimately hopeful essays, one of America's sharpest social critics casts a shrewd eye over contemporary culture to reveal the worst -- and the best -- of our habits of discourse, tendencies in education, and obsessions with technological novelty. Readers will find themselves rethinking many

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