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Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Category: History
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and o ...Show more
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman; Andrew Postman (Introduction by)
Category: Film & Tv
In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs, and how "entertainment values" have corrupted the very way we think. As politics, news, religion, education, and commerce are given less and ...Show more
The End of Education - Redefining the Value of School by Neil Postman
Category: Philosophy
Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism a ...Show more
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