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Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology / Neil Postman.
- Title
- Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology / Neil Postman.
- Author
- Postman, Neil
- Publication
- New York : Vintage Books, 1993.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 222 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- A social critic argues that the United States has become a "technopoly"--A system that sacrifices social institutions for self-perpetuating technological advancement--and suggests ways to use technical skills to enhance our democracy.
- Subject
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1992.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-210) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0679745408 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^92050584^
- OCLC
- 27034657
- SCSB-9910778
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library