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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Wood, Donald N., 1934- Post-intellectualism and the decline of democracy. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996 (OCoLC)767783783 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Donald N Wood |
| ISBN: | 0275954218 9780275954215 027595661X 9780275956615 |
| OCLC Number: | 34319829 |
| Description: | xvii, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt. 1. Orientation: The Concept of Post-Intellectualism. 1. Our Intellectual Foundations. 2. Emergence of Post-Intellectualism. 3. Four Attributes of Post-Intellectualism. 4. Underlying Determinants of Post-Intellectualism -- Pt. 2. Personal Consequences of Post-Intellectualism. 5. Illiteracy: The Brave New Mega-Mediated World. 6. The Fishbowl Society: Loss of Privacy. 7. Cognitive Chaos: The Data Daze. 8. Isolation and Loss of Direction: Disoriented We Despair -- Pt. 3. Social Consequences of Post-Intellectualism. 9. Hyper-Urbanization: Losing Our Way in the Concrete Jungle. 10. Economic Destitution: Bankruptcy of Fiscal Theory. 11. Environmental Decay: Damn the Resources, Full Speed Ahead! 12. Moral Collapse: Sex, Lies, Violence, and Videotape -- Pt. 4. Political Consequences of Post-Intellectualism. 13. Retribalization: Fragmenting the Global Village. 14. Democracy and Responsibility: The Freedom Dilemma. 15. Democratic Decline: The Dream Grows Dim. |
| Responsibility: | Donald N. Wood ; foreword by Neil Postman. |
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