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    "Provocative social-cultural theory; jeremiad; prophecy of an already arrived technocratic dystopia. This book by a senior media scholar is all these. The human condition has evolved from a cyclical oral tradition to a linear culture of written intellectualism, but events of the last 35 years indicate descent into a Web culture of postintellectualism in which electronic media are central. Wood sees postintellectualism as the fruit of deliberate counterintellectualism and distended intellectualism, the 'irresponsible, unbridled, linear extension of intellectual endeavors without consideration of ultimate consequences'...much of what he writes is important, compelling, irrefutable. Recommended for academic readers, entering students through faculty." - Choice ?Provocative social-cultural theory; jeremiad; prophecy of an already arrived technocratic dystopia. This book by a senior media scholar is all these. The human condition has evolved from a cyclical oral tradition to a linear culture of written intellectualism, but events of the last 35 years indicate descent into a Web culture of postintellectualism in which electronic media are central. Wood sees postintellectualism as the fruit of deliberate counterintellectualism and distended intellectualism, the 'irresponsible, unbridled, linear extension of intellectual endeavors without consideration of ultimate consequences'...much of what he writes is important, compelling, irrefutable. Recommended for academic readers, entering students through faculty.?-Choice "Professor Wood's book is about the kind of morality that democracy stands for, how it came to be, what the dangers are to it, and how we might proceed to preserve it. To accomplish such a task, one must have a deep understanding of history as well as a keen sense of contemporary social, technological, and political trends. This is exactly the sort of knowledge Professor Wood posseses, and there is no other phrase for what he has accomplished than tour-de-force."-from the foreword by Neil Postman Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication New York University

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    "Provocative social-cultural theory; jeremiad; prophecy of an already arrived technocratic dystopia. This book by a senior media scholar is all these. The human condition has evolved from a cyclical oral tradition to a linear culture of written intellectualism, but events of the last 35 years indicate descent into a Web culture of postintellectualism in which electronic media are central. Wood sees postintellectualism as the fruit of deliberate counterintellectualism and distended intellectualism, the 'irresponsible, unbridled, linear extension of intellectual endeavors without consideration of ultimate consequences'...much of what he writes is important, compelling, irrefutable. Recommended for academic readers, entering students through faculty." - Choice ?Provocative social-cultural theory; jeremiad; prophecy of an already arrived technocratic dystopia. This book by a senior media scholar is all these. The human condition has evolved from a cyclical oral tradition to a linear culture of written intellectualism, but events of the last 35 years indicate descent into a Web culture of postintellectualism in which electronic media are central. Wood sees postintellectualism as the fruit of deliberate counterintellectualism and distended intellectualism, the 'irresponsible, unbridled, linear extension of intellectual endeavors without consideration of ultimate consequences'...much of what he writes is important, compelling, irrefutable. Recommended for academic readers, entering students through faculty.?-Choice "Professor Wood's book is about the kind of morality that democracy stands for, how it came to be, what the dangers are to it, and how we might proceed to preserve it. To accomplish such a task, one must have a deep understanding of history as well as a keen sense of contemporary social, technological, and political trends. This is exactly the sort of knowledge Professor Wood posseses, and there is no other phrase for what he has accomplished than tour-de-force."-from the foreword by Neil Postman Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication New York University

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    "Provocative social-cultural theory; jeremiad; prophecy of an already arrived technocratic dystopia. This book by a senior media scholar is all these. The human condition has evolved from a cyclical oral tradition to a linear culture of written intellectualism, but events of the last 35 years indicate descent into a Web culture of postintellectualism in which electronic media are central. Wood sees postintellectualism as the fruit of deliberate counterintellectualism and distended intellectualism, the 'irresponsible, unbridled, linear extension of intellectual endeavors without consideration of ultimate consequences'...much of what he writes is important, compelling, irrefutable. Recommended for academic readers, entering students through faculty." - Choice ?Provocative social-cultural theory; jeremiad; prophecy of an already arrived technocratic dystopia. This book by a senior media scholar is all these. The human condition has evolved from a cyclical oral tradition to a linear culture of written intellectualism, but events of the last 35 years indicate descent into a Web culture of postintellectualism in which electronic media are central. Wood sees postintellectualism as the fruit of deliberate counterintellectualism and distended intellectualism, the 'irresponsible, unbridled, linear extension of intellectual endeavors without consideration of ultimate consequences'...much of what he writes is important, compelling, irrefutable. Recommended for academic readers, entering students through faculty.?-Choice "Professor Wood's book is about the kind of morality that democracy stands for, how it came to be, what the dangers are to it, and how we might proceed to preserve it. To accomplish such a task, one must have a deep understanding of history as well as a keen sense of contemporary social, technological, and political trends. This is exactly the sort of knowledge Professor Wood posseses, and there is no other phrase for what he has accomplished than tour-de-force."-from the foreword by Neil Postman Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication New York University

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    POST-INTELLECTUALISM AND THE DECLINE OF DEMOCRACY The Failure of Reason and Responsibility in the Twentieth Century DONALD N. WOOD Foreword by Neil Postman PRAEGER werpor cont con uber of Congo Catan Pin Da Ton con wo eS ey ea ‘eas rpiy mee oy 7 Dad nd “ca me a bg orcs ne SON O-TERE- (akppe —BDN DTT K ish bry Capig abn Dn aaa opt © 15 Dm Hed A ig md No etn ky ‘ecient be ‘Spon emer af eps eof a sy te 0) Sra me) Ft pied a 96 cer ies Po Rand Wa Mpa CC ‘pen f Geman Rng mm ne es ‘ep ed bok copies ithe ‘evr ape Set ed ee "mon Sear Opus 9 0109. Corr Anon ‘ema ier sly ane emi elon ke Nat" Cain Eero fo On On Na. Cope fy Gn Cr © rere 197 ty re Nah, at Ra Bnd ‘tN ih Fon spears’ ran Campin Reply ome {se Bown ant Conny aC me sap em Ani Ouch Dh Poe Dir he A Sow Bie ‘oman, Cpr 8 el man mc aga Do a ‘Pog ks Bh ne wed ym i nas La afm he Pc a uy aren Pgs eis Chiear Lac Ut by ‘mons WW Ree 8 Copy ‘sce fo Amt Ws nt Pie by ah Ling. peg Ye ad Stee ‘Phe fh ha Ry Nay Mite Btn Gay Hal apn ae faye hs thy ‘To Andrew, Graham, Blake, Dillon, and Taylor for they hal ier the wet fis cory Contents Figures and Taties x Forewors xi Protace » Part 1. Orentation: The Concept of Postntellectualism 1. Our nttecta! Foundations “Tce Itleeal Periods Postinellcualsmand the Progress Paradox 8 The Inlet Lepaey ofthe Eligteament 10 ‘The Fad Inlet Promise I 2. Emergence of Postniotecuaism 1” ‘efiniioos of Pst lntlleuan 19 Simmary Chacterisesof Pos-luellctulin 22 8. Four Atrotes of Post.nooctualism Ignorance: Lot of Krowiedge 35 DDumbth Los of Ana Thiking 37 sublshnentsn: Low of Soil Cees 42 Speciation: Lose of Peapetve #8 4. Uncitying Determinants of Poatntallectuaim One Pinar Cocsderaon: Limitansof Human tnellet 49 near Expansion and Grow The Fit Deterninant ‘Tae Information Overload The Second Detrnast ‘echolope! Determinism: The Third Determiast 39 8 8

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