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RECORD NUMBER: 18 OF 26| Main Title | Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Postman, Neil. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Vintage Books, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1993 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 27034657 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0679745408 (pbk.) : | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Technology--Social aspects | |||||||||||
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| Edition | 1st Vintage Books ed. | |||||||||||
| Collation | xii, 222 p. ; 21 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1992. Includes bibliographical references (p. {207}-210) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | The judgment of Thamus -- From tools to technocracy -- From technocracy to technopoly -- The improbable world -- The broken defenses -- The ideology of machines: medical technology -- The ideology of machines: computer technology -- Invisible technologies -- Scientism -- The great symbol drain -- The loving resistance fighter. |