Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology, and Education - Rilegato

Postman, Neil

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ISBN 10: 039457270X ISBN 13: 9780394572703

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1988

Riassunto

Essays discuss social science, Germany, literary magazines, television commercials, education, toll booths, nuclear war, Conservalism, teaching, and the disappearance of childhood

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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.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 039457270X
• ISBN 13: 9780394572703
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 201
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile