Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future, (Paperback)

from jcbrunner

The essays and their titles provide a good overview of Neil Postman's interest and research (perhaps a chapter called media or TV is missing): progress, technology, language, information, narratives,children, democracy, education. A pleasant and light read about the value of education and thinkin...

from readingthruthenight

uilding a Bridge to the 18th Century's thesis is pretty self-explanatory. Postman believes that we don't need a new future, but rather, revisit what we learned from the Enlightenment period. He suggests that "the idea of progress is one of the greatest gifts of Enlightenment" (34) and that we no ...

from jcbrunner

The essays and their titles provide a good overview of Neil Postman's interest and research (perhaps a chapter called media or TV is missing): progress, technology, language, information, narratives,children, democracy, education. A pleasant and light read about the value of education and thinkin...

from dazzyj

A rehash of the author's ideas, held together rather loosely and perfunctorily by the conceit of referring back to the Enlightenment as a guide to the future. All of this has been said better, elsewhere, including by Postman.