Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
Published on 1. June 2011
240 pages
978-0-307-79735-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it-with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth.
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03/1993
Vintage Books
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NEIL POSTMAN was University Professor, Paulette Goddard Chair of Media Ecology, and Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University. Among his twenty books are studies of childhood (The Disappearance of Childhood), public discourse (Amusing Ourselves to Death), education (Teaching as a Subversive Activity and The End of Education), and the impact of technology (Technopoly). His interest in education was long-standing, beginning with his experience as an elementary and secondary school teacher. He died in 2003.
Content
- Intro
- About the Author
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Judgment of Thamus
- 2. From Tools to Technocracy
- 3. From Technocracy to Technopoly
- 4. The Improbable World
- 5. The Broken Defenses
- 6. The Ideology of Machines: Medical Technology
- 7. The Ideology of Machines: Computer Technology
- 8. Invisible Technologies
- 9. Scientism
- 10. The Great Symbol Drain
- 11. The Loving Resistance Fighter
- Notes
- Bibliography
