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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.;Preface -- Social science as moral theology -- Defending against the indefensible -- The naming of missiles -- My German question -- A muted celebration -- The parable of the ring around the collar -- The news -- The educationist as painkiller -- Etiquette -- Megatons for anthromegs -- The conservative outlook -- Remembering

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Author

Postman, Neil

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Vintage Books

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679734215

Category

education

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Technology

Rating

4.09 / 5 (231 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14