Description
Neil Postman delivers a provocative critique of modern schooling, arguing that education has become too focused on economic utility, consumerism, technology, and social fragmentation at the expense of intellectual and civic purpose. He examines how the stories a society tells about learning shape its schools, then proposes richer guiding narratives—including humanity’s shared planet, the limits of knowledge, the American democratic experiment, cultural diversity, and the power of language. Written with clarity, wit, and characteristic cultural insight, this enduring work challenges readers to reconsider what education is for and how schools might cultivate curiosity, judgment, tolerance, and a shared sense of responsibility.
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paperback
Vintage
Published Oct 29, 1996
209 pages
ISBN: 9780679750314
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First Published
1995
Language
eng
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