The Resource Building a bridge to the 18th century : how the past can improve our future, Neil Postman
Building a bridge to the 18th century : how the past can improve our future, Neil Postman
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- Summary
- "In Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century Neil Postman revisits the Enlightenment, that great flowering of ideas that provided a humane direction for the future - ideas that formed our nation and that we would do well to embrace anew." "He turns our attention to Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Kant, Edward Gibbon, Adam Smith, Thomas Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, and to their then-radical thinking about inductive science, religious and political freedom, popular education, rational commerce, the nation-state, progress, and happiness." "Postman calls for a future connected to traditions that provide sane authority and meaningful purpose - as opposed to an overreliance on technology and an increasing disregard for the lessons of history. And he argues passionately for specific new guidelines in the education of our children, with renewed emphasis on developing the intellect as successfully as we are developing a computer-driven world."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Contents
-
- ch. 5.
- Information
- ch. 6.
- Narratives
- ch. 7.
- Children
- ch. 8.
- Democracy
- ch. 9.
- Education
- ch. 1.
- Bridge to the 18th century
- ch. 2.
- Progress
- ch. 3.
- Technology
- ch. 4.
- Language
- Isbn
- 9780375401299
- Label
- Building a bridge to the 18th century : how the past can improve our future
- Title
- Building a bridge to the 18th century
- Title remainder
- how the past can improve our future
- Statement of responsibility
- Neil Postman
- Title variation
- Building a Bridge to the eighteenth century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century Neil Postman revisits the Enlightenment, that great flowering of ideas that provided a humane direction for the future - ideas that formed our nation and that we would do well to embrace anew." "He turns our attention to Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Kant, Edward Gibbon, Adam Smith, Thomas Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, and to their then-radical thinking about inductive science, religious and political freedom, popular education, rational commerce, the nation-state, progress, and happiness." "Postman calls for a future connected to traditions that provide sane authority and meaningful purpose - as opposed to an overreliance on technology and an increasing disregard for the lessons of history. And he argues passionately for specific new guidelines in the education of our children, with renewed emphasis on developing the intellect as successfully as we are developing a computer-driven world."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Postman, Neil
- Dewey number
- 909.82/5
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- CB430
- LC item number
- .P637 1999
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civilization, Modern
- Enlightenment
- Technology and civilization
- Education
- Democracy
- United States
- Label
- Building a bridge to the 18th century : how the past can improve our future, Neil Postman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- ch. 5.
- Information
- ch. 6.
- Narratives
- ch. 7.
- Children
- ch. 8.
- Democracy
- ch. 9.
- Education
- ch. 1.
- Bridge to the 18th century
- ch. 2.
- Progress
- ch. 3.
- Technology
- ch. 4.
- Language
- Control code
- 40862083
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375401299
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99018923
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- Building a bridge to the 18th century : how the past can improve our future, Neil Postman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- ch. 5.
- Information
- ch. 6.
- Narratives
- ch. 7.
- Children
- ch. 8.
- Democracy
- ch. 9.
- Education
- ch. 1.
- Bridge to the 18th century
- ch. 2.
- Progress
- ch. 3.
- Technology
- ch. 4.
- Language
- Control code
- 40862083
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375401299
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99018923
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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