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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology

by Neil Postman

When technology becomes a cultural force

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When technology becomes a cultural force

Neil Postman examines a shift from using technology as a practical support to organizing society around it. The book considers how that change affects the meanings attached to politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth, placing technological change within a broader social and cultural frame. Its central subject is not a particular device, but the way technology can shape the assumptions through which people understand public life and knowledge.

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  • Readers interested in sociology and the cultural effects of technology.
  • Readers exploring technology’s influence on politics, education, art, or ideas about truth.

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Technology and societyCulture and technological changePolitics, art, and educationIntelligence and truth

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Book overview

A witty, often terrifying that chronicles our transformation into a society that is shaped by technology--from the acclaimed author of Amusing Ourselves to Death.

"A provocative book ... A tool for fighting back against the tools that run our lives." --Dallas Morning News

The story of our society's transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it--with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth.
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