Conscientious objections : stirring up trouble about language, technology, and education / 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 fi...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Knopf,
1988.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "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 of their bedrock assumptions: Should education transmit culture or defend us against it? Is technological innovation progress or a peculiarly American addiction? When everyone watches the same television programs -- and television producers don't discriminate between the audiences for Sesame Street and Dynasty -- is childhood anything more than a sentimental concept? Writing in the traditions of Orwell and H.L. Mencken, Neil Postman sends shock waves of wit and critical intelligence through the cultural wasteland.From the Trade Paperback edition."--Publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 201 pages ; 22 cm Also issued online. |
| ISBN: | 039457270X 9780394572703 |