Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology /
Postman, Neil,
Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology / Neil Postman. - First Vintage Books edition. - xii, 222 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210) and index.
The judgment of Thamus -- From tools to technocracy -- From technocracy to technopoly -- The improbable world -- The broken defenses -- The ideology of machines: medical technology -- The ideology of machines: computer technology -- Invisible technologies -- Scientism -- The great symbol drain -- The loving resistance fighter.
"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."--Publisher description.
0679745408 9780679745402
92050584
Technology--Social aspects
T14.5 / .P667 1993
303.483
Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology / Neil Postman. - First Vintage Books edition. - xii, 222 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210) and index.
The judgment of Thamus -- From tools to technocracy -- From technocracy to technopoly -- The improbable world -- The broken defenses -- The ideology of machines: medical technology -- The ideology of machines: computer technology -- Invisible technologies -- Scientism -- The great symbol drain -- The loving resistance fighter.
"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."--Publisher description.
0679745408 9780679745402
92050584
Technology--Social aspects
T14.5 / .P667 1993
303.483