Amusing Ourselves to Death
By Neil Postman
Introduction by Andrew Postman
By Neil Postman
Introduction by Andrew Postman
By Neil Postman
Introduction by Andrew Postman
By Neil Postman
Introduction by Andrew Postman
Category: Politics | Movies & TV | Performing Arts
Category: Politics | Movies & TV | Performing Arts
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$18.00
Dec 27, 2005 | ISBN 9780143036531
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Dec 27, 2005 | ISBN 9781101042625
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Praise
“I can’t think of a more prophetic, more thoughtful, more necessary – and yes, more entertaining – book about media culture.” –Victor Navasky, National Book Award-winning author of The Art of Controversy
“All I can say about Neil Postman’s brilliant Amusing Ourselves to Death is: Guilty As Charged.” –Matt Groening, Creator of The Simpsons
“As a fervent evangelist of the age of Hollywood, I publicly opposed Neil Postman’s dark picture of our media-saturated future. But time has proved Postman right. He accurately foresaw that the young would inherit a frantically all-consuming media culture of glitz, gossip, and greed.” –Camille Paglia
“A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World
Table Of Contents
Introduction
Part I
1. The Medium Is the Metaphor
2. Media as Epistemology
3. Typographic America
4. The Typographic Mind
5. The Peek-a-Boo World
Part II
6. The Age of Show Business
7. “Now…This”
8. Shuffle Off to Bethlehem
9. Reach Out and Elect Someone
10. Teaching as an Amusing Activity
11. The Huxleyan Warning
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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