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

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Neil Postman

Conscientious Objections

Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education

Neil Postman

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Vintage Books
04 August 1992

Demonstrations & protest movements

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.

By: Neil Postman
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 231g
ISBN: 9780679734215
ISBN 10: 067973421X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 04 August 1992
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Neil Postman was a University Professor, the Paulette Goddard Chair of Media Ecology, and the chair of the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, all at New York University. Among his 20 books are studies of childhood (The Disappearance of Childhood); public discourse (Amusing Ourselves to Death); education (Teaching as a Subversive ActivityandThe 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.

Reviews for Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education

Postman is that rare social critic whose commentary on the current state of American culture and education is a funny as it is throughout and well argued...a provocative collection. -- The New York Times Book Review Postman uses cogent arguments, sharp needles and gentle humor to challenge readers to change their ways of thinking ... delightful. -- St. Louis Post Dispatch