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Neil Postman

Neil Postman was chairman of the department of communication arts at New York University. He passed away in 2003. show more

Neil Postman was chairman of the department of communication arts at New York University. He passed away in 2003.

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Birth date: March 08, 1931

Died: October 05, 2003

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capriceum rated it

6 years ago

text Teaching As A Subversive Activity

Actual rating 3.5 out of 5. It's not a full 4 simply as a matter of personal enjoyability--most of this stuff I already knew from my first teaching course. Thankfully a lot has changed in education since this was published and constructivist methods are more the norm, where I live anyway. Still, thi...

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Bookworm Blurbs rated it

10 years ago

text The Disappearance of Childhood

From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today−and the corresponding threat to the notion of adulthood.Deftly marshaling a vast array of historical and demograp...

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travelin rated it

12 years ago

text Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

The book didn't live up to its title, even though it was preaching to the very much converted. Maybe it's like the old show biz joke: a man goes to a booking agent and offers to show him a once-in-a-lifetime act. He then sets himself on fire and disappears. "Great, what else do you do?"

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