Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Amusing Ourselves to Death

by Neil Postman
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Summary & Analysis
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
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  • The History of Public Discourse and Media Theme Icon
    The History of Public Discourse and Media
  • News and Entertainment Theme Icon
    News and Entertainment
  • Progress, Prediction, and the Unforeseen Future Theme Icon
    Progress, Prediction, and the Unforeseen Future
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  • Aldous Huxley
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Postman believes that the wide circulation of Thomas Paine’s famous 1776 pamphlet (an argument for American freedom from the British monarchy) is a symbol of the strength of print culture in America’s foundational period. The…

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