Neil Postman was the Paulette Goddard Professor of Media Ecology and Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University. He is author of many books, including Amusing Ourselves to Death, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology, and The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School.
Where Do We Go from Here? The Quest for Narratives in a Technological Society -Laing Lectures 2000
Speaker(s): Neil Postman
Date: 2000
Length: 5:36:36
Product ID: RGDL2959S
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The Laing Lectures: The inaugural series of an annual lectureship in honour of William John Laing.
- Lecture 1: This lecture is a discussion of the Faustian bargain that is always a characteristic of technological innovation. Technology giveth and taketh away, and it is of the utmost importance that those of us whose lives are affected by technological change understand precisely what we are getting and what we are losing. Response: Dr.Craig Gay, Regent College.
- Lecture 2: This lecture will argue that human beings are, above all else, storytellers, and that our most important stories are those which try to give purpose and continuity to our lives. Without air cells die; without stories our selves die. This session will stress the point that in a technological society, the need for new stories is more important than ever.
- Lecture 3: In this lecture Dr. Postman will suggest some possibilities for new narratives that can give spiritual meanings to our lives. Of course, as is always the case, we will have to find our new stories by a retelling of the old.
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