A section of this work titled "Shuffle Off to Bethlehem," analyzes the prosperity gospel of a woman named Reverend Terry, arguing that people like Jimmy Swaggart and Pat Robertson are "the enemy of religious experience.
A section of this work titled "Shuffle Off to Bethlehem," analyzes the prosperity gospel of a woman named Reverend Terry, arguing that people like Jimmy Swaggart and Pat Robertson are "the enemy of religious experience." Another section of this work analyzes the Lincoln-Douglas debates, attributing their elevated language to what the author calls "the typographic mind." In its final section, titled "The Huxleyan Warning," this work argues that "In America, Orwell's prophecies are of small relevance, but Huxley's are well under way towards being realized." This work's chapter on teaching bemoans the rise of Sesame Street as an example of the title phenomenon, and decries the increasing influence of media perception on political affairs in the chapter, "Reach out and Elect Someone." Its first section, "The Medium is the Metaphor," advances the thesis that "how we are obliged to conduct... conversations... will have the strongest possible influence on what ideas we can conveniently express," and its second, "Media as Epistemology," argues that the state of American discourse has degenerated greatly. For 10 points, identify this 1985 work of social criticism, the best known of Neil Postman.
A section of this work titled "Shuffle Off to Bethlehem," analyzes the prosperity gospel of a woman named Reverend Terry, arguing that people like Jimmy Swaggart and Pat Robertson are "the enemy of religious experience.
Amusing Ourselves to Death