Books
Online Articles by Postman
Exclusive Articles
The following articles are exclusively available on NeilPostman.org:
Articles inTECHNOS
Articles inETC
Articles inTeacher Magazine /Education Week
Other Articles
Online Interviews of Postman
Online Audio
- Ray Suarez (from NPR)interviews Neil Postman on the state of contemporary American education standards. [requires RealPlayer]
- Scott Londoninterviews Neil Postman on the topic "In Search of New Ideas." [requires RealPlayer]
- Neil Postman speaks about Media Ecology Education at the SCA conference, Chicago 1973.Part 1 &Part 2. [requires MP3 player]
Bibliography
(Complied by Ivan Gaetz, former Library Director, Regent College. See theNeilPostman Biography page for the source of this material.)
English language publications only.
Each category arranged chronologically, most recent to earliest.
Monographs (sole author)
- Building aBridge to the Eighteenth Century: Ideas from the Past that Can Improve Our Future. New York: Knopf, 1999.
- The End ofEducation: Redefining the Value of School. New York, Knopf, 1995
- The Disappearanceof Childhood: Redefining the Value of School. New York: Vintage Books, 1994, c.1982.
- Technopoly: The Surrenderof Culture to Technology. New York: Vintage Books, 1993
- ConscientiousObjection: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education. New York: Vintage Books, 1992, c.1988.
- Amusing Ourselvesto Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. New York: Penguin, 1985
- Teaching asa Conserving Activity. New York: Delacorte Press, 1979.
- Crazy Talk,Stupid Talk: How We Defeat Ourselves by the Way We Talk and What to Do About It. NewYork: Delacorte Press, 1976.
- Teaching asa Subversive Activity. New York: Delta Book Publishing, 1971, c.1969.
- Languages ofDiscovery. New York: Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 1967.
- The Uses ofLanguage. New York: Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 1967.
- Exploring YourLanguage. New York: Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 1966.
- Linguistics:A Revolution in Teaching. New York: Delta Book Publishing, 1966.
- The New English:A Forward Look. New York: Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 1965.
- DiscoveringYour Language. New York: Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 1963.
- Televisionand the Teaching of English. New York: Appleton Centruy Croft, 1961.
Monographs (joint authorship)
- with Donald N. Wood. Post-Intellectualismand the Decline of Democracy: The Failure of Reasonand Responsibility in the Twentieth Century. Westport,Conn.: Greenwood, 1996.
- with Steve Powers. How to Watch TV News. New York: Penguin, 1992.
- et al. Myths,Men and Beer: an Analysis of Beer Commercials on Broadcast Television. ChurchFalls, VA.: Foundation for Traffic Safety, 1987.
- with Charles Weingartner. The School Book: for People Who Want to Know What all the Hollering Is About. New York: Delacorte Press,1973.
- with Charles Weingartner. How to Recognize a Good School. Bloomington: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation,1973.
- with Charles Weingartner. TheSoft Revolution: A Student Handbook for Turning Schools Around. New York: Delacorte Press, 1971.
- with Charles Weingartner. Teaching as a Subversive Activity. New York: Delacorte Press, 1979, c. 1969.
- with Charles Weingartner. Linguistics: A Revolution in Teaching. New York: Delacorte Press, 1966.
- with Howard C. Damon. TheLanguage of Discovery. New York: Delacotre Press, 1965.
- with Howard C. Damon. Languageand System. New York: Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 1965.
- et al. Television and the Teaching of English. New York: Appleton Century Crofts, 1961.
Monographs(volumes edited by Neil Postman)
- Languagein America: A Report on Our Deteriorating SemanticEnvironment. New York: Pegasus, 1969.
- The Roots ofFanaticism. Ed. with Howard C. Damon. New York:Holt Reinhart and Winston, 1965.
Articles
- Science and the Story that We Need. First Things. No. 69 (1997), 29-32.
- Making a Living, Making a Life: Technology Reconsidered. College Board Review. No. 176-177 (1995), 8-13.
- Virtual Students, Digital Classroom. The Nation. No. 261 ign (1995), 377-378ff.
- The American Experiment Education Week, Vol. 15 (1995), 56.
- Error of Our Ways. Teacher Magazine. Vol. 6 (1995), 32-37.
- Technology as Dazzling Distraction. The Education Digest. Vol. 59 (1994), 25-28.
- Deus Machina Technos. Vol. 1 (1992), 16-18.
- with Camille Paglia. She Wants Her TV! He Wants His Book! Harpers Vol. 282 (1991), 44-51, 54-55.
- What is a Conservative? (And Why Reagan Is Not One). Utne Reader (Mar/Ap, 1989), 75.
- Learning by Story. The Atlantic. No. 264 (1989) 119-124.
- The Educationist as Painkiller. English Education. (1988), 7-17.
- The Blurring of Childhood and the Media. Religious Education, Vol. 82 (1987) 293-295.
- The Limits of Language. Etc. Vol. 43 (1986), 227-235.
- TV News as Vaudeville. The Quill. Vol. 74 (1986), 18-23.
- Media and Technology as Educators. Yearbookof the National Society for the Study of Education. (1985), 183-200.
- Social Science as Theology. Etc. Vol. 41 (1984), 22-32.
- The Day Our Children Disappear: Predictions of a MediaEcologist. Phi Delta Kappa. Vol. 62 (1981), 382-386.
- Fine Tuning the Balance Between Education and Media Culture. Teacher. Vol. 98 (1980), 28-30.
- Language Education in a Knowledge Context. Etc. Vol. 37 (1980), 25-37.
- Landmarks in the Literature: the Limits of Language. New York University Education Quarterly. Vol. 11 (1979), 29-32.
- The Ascent of Humanity: a Coherent Curriculum. Educational Leadership. Vol. 37 (1980), 300-303
- Order in the Classroom! Atlantic. Vol. 244 (1979) 35-38.
- The First Curriculum. Phi Delta Kappa. Vol. 61 (1979), 163-168.
- The Information Environment. Etc. Vol. 36 (1979), 234-245.
- Landmarks in Literature: Where Have All the CriticsGone? New York University Education Quarterly. Vol. 9 (1977), 28-31.
- What an Educator Means When He Says
Journalof the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers. Vol. 20 (1976), 153-156.
- Whatever I Call It, It Is. Etc. Vol. 31 (1974), 37-44.
- with Charles Weingartner. Two Tests to Take - to Find Out if Yours Is a Great School. American SchoolBoard Journal. Vol. 161 (1974), 23-26.
- Media Ecology: A Growing Perspective. Media Ecology Review. Vol. 3 (1973), 10-11.
- Illich, Pro and Con. Social Policy. Vol. 2 (1971), 33-42.
- The New Literacy Grade Teacher. Vol. 88 (1971), 2-52.
- The Politics of Reading. Harvard Educational Review. Vol. 40 (1970), 244-252.
Related Books
Here are some books that are related to what Postman talks about in his books. If you have any suggestions, feel free to contactme and I will consider adding them.
- The Great Books of Western Thought (60 hardcover volumes!)
- Adler, Mortimer J.Reforming Education.
- Adler, Mortimer J.Paideia Proposal.
- Adler, Mortimer J.How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization.
- Bauer, Susan Wise.The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home.
- Bauer, Susan Wise.The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had.
- Beniger, James R.The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society.
- Boorstin, Daniel.The Image.
- Borgmann, Albert.Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry.
- Bork, Robert H.Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline.
- Calvino, Italo.Why Read the Classics?.
- Carter, Stephen L.Civility: Manners, Morals, and the Etiquette of Democracy.
- Chomsky, Noam.Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda.
- Cowan, Louise.Invitation to the Classics.
- Doren, Charles Van.A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future.
- Eisenstein, Elizabeth L.The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe.
- Elias, Norbert.Quest for Excitement: Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process.
- Ellul, Jacques.The Technological Society.
- Feenberg, Andrew.Questioning Technology.
- Groothuis, Douglas.The Soul in Cyberspace.
- Grun, Bernard.The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events.
- Hunt, Arthur W. III.The Vanishing Word: The Veneration of Visual Imagery in the Postmodern World.
- Huxley, Aldous.Brave New World.
- Jacobs, Jane.The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
- Jacobs, Jane.Dark Age Ahead.
- Lull, James.Media, Communication, Culture.
- McLuhan, Marshall.Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man.
- McLuhan, Marshall.Essential McLuhan.
- McLuhan, Marshall.The Medium is the Massage.
- Medved, Michael.Hollywood vs. America.
- Miriam, Sister Joseph.The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric.
- Mitcham, Carl.Thinking through Technology: The Path between Engineering and Philosophy.
- Mitcham, Carl.Theology and Technology: Essays in Christian Analysis and Exegesis.
- Monsma, Stephen.Responsible Technology: A Christian Perspective.
- Mumford, Lewis.Myth of the Machine: Technics and Human Development.
- Mumford, Lewis.Pentagon Of Power: The Myth Of The Machine, Vol. II.
- Mumford, Lewis.Technics and Civilization.
- Noble, David W.The Religion of Technology: The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Invention.
- Ong, Walter J.Orality and Literacy.
- Orwell, George.1984.
- Petroski, Henry.The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.
- Ryken, Leland.Realms of Gold: The Classics in Christian Perspective.
- Schultze, Quentin J.Habits of the High-Tech Heart: Living Virtuously in the Information Age.
- Schuurman, Egbert.Faith And Hope In Technology.
- Sommerville, C. John.How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society.
- Tenner, Edward.Our Own Devices : How Technology Remakes Humanity.
- Tenner, Edward.Why Things Bite Back : Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences.
- Tenner, Edward.Our Own Devices : The Past and Future of Body Technology.
- Veith, Gene Edward Jr.State of the Arts: From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe.
- Veith, Gene Edward Jr.Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture.
- Weaver, Richard M.Ideas Have Consequences.
- Wilson, James Ross.Mass Media/Mass Culture.
Brief Biography
Neil Postman (1931 — 2003) was an American critic and educator.Postman received his B.S. from the State University of New York at Fredoniaand his M.A. and Ed.D. from Columbia University. He was the PauletteGoddard Chair of Media Ecology at New York University and chair of theDepartment of Culture and Communication. His pedagogical and scholarlyinterests included media and education, as can be seen in many of hisseventeen books, includingAmusingOurselves to Death (1985),Conscientious Objections (1988),Technopoly:The Surrender of Culture to Technology (1992), andEndof Education (1995). Postmandied in 2003 of lung cancer. (source)
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