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A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
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First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of "pseudo-events" - events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported - and the contemporary definition of celebrity as "a person who is known for his well-knownness".
Since then Daniel J. Boorstin's prophetic vision of an America inundated by its own illusions has become an essential resource for any listeners who wants to distinguish the manifold deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths.
©2018 Daniel J. Boorstin and Douglas Rushkoff (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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De: Jacques Ellul
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The Disappearance of Childhood
- De: Neil Postman
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 5 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 232
This modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today, and the corresponding threat to the notion of adulthood. Deftly marshaling a vast array of research, Neil Postman suggests that childhood is a recent invention. But now the division between child and adult is eroding under the barrage of television, which turns the adult secrets of sex and violence into entertainment and pitches news and advertising at the intellectual level of 10-year-olds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An incredible essay on history, education, and media
- De fambram en 05-25-19
De: Neil Postman
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The Discoverers
- A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
- De: Daniel J. Boorstin
- Narrado por: Christopher Cazenove
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 203
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 97
Why didn't the Chinese discover America? Why were people so slow to learn the earth goes around the sun? How and why did we begin to think of "species" of plants and animals? How, when, and why did people begin digging in the earth to learn about the past? How did the study of economics begin? These are but a few of the fascinating questions answered by Dr. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress Emeritus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my Top 10 Fav. Books!
- De shannonnn en 05-09-05
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The True Believer
- Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
- De: Eric Hoffer
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer—the first and most famous of his books—was made into a bestseller when President Eisenhower cited it during one of the earliest television press conferences.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening and scary
- De Tyler Zudans en 06-27-24
De: Eric Hoffer
Even more applicable today than in the time it was written
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Quite disturbing to find myself experiencing what the author is talking about.
Thought this book would be anachronistic however it turned out providing a great foundation for my understanding of the culture of which I am part today.
Great read
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still relevant
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Boorstin’s deep Conservative mindset reaches through every example in this book.
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