Conscientious objections : stirring up trouble about language, technology and education / Neil Postman

By:

POSSTMAN, Neil

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: NewYork : Vintange Books, c1988.Edition: Vintange Books, edDescription: xvi, 201p. ; 21cmISBN:

0-679-73421-X

Subject(s):

Language and education, Technology Social aspects, Mass media United States

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 303.4097 POS

Summary: In a series of essays, Postman 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. Listeners 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?

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	NFIC	303.4097 POS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00005521
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	NFIC	303.4097 POS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00005522

Includes index

In a series of essays, Postman 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. Listeners 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?

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