{"product_id":"conscientious-objections-stirring-up-trouble-about-language-technology-and-education-paperback","title":"Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil Postman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published: 1st ed. New York: Knopf, 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Postman\u003c\/b\u003e 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 (\u003ci\u003eThe Disappearance of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e); public discourse (\u003ci\u003eAmusing Ourselves to Death\u003c\/i\u003e); education (\u003ci\u003eTeaching as a Subversive Activity \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The End of Education\u003c\/i\u003e); and the impact of technology (\u003ci\u003eTechnopoly\u003c\/i\u003e). His interest in education was long-standing, beginning with his experience as an elementary and secondary school teacher. He died in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459486564530,"sku":"9780679734215","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/593bba8c3e2823ab1027ad8e404868b5.webp?v=1778902667","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/conscientious-objections-stirring-up-trouble-about-language-technology-and-education-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}