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Post-intellectualism and the decline of democracy : the failure of reason and responsibility in the twentieth century
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Post-intellectualism and the decline of democracy : the failure of reason and responsibility in the twentieth century

Author: Donald N Wood
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996.
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Wood, Donald N., 1934-
Post-intellectualism and the decline of democracy.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996
(OCoLC)767783783
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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