Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment. What alternative strategies can we use to instill our childre...(展开全部)

Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment. What alternative strategies can we use to instill our childre...(展开全部)

尼尔·波兹曼（Neil Postman） 美国著名传播学家、教育家，媒介环境学的开创者与媒介环境学派的精神领袖，长期任教于纽约大学，担任文化与传播学系系主任。研究领域包括传播学、教育学、文化与技术批评。1986年获美国英语教师学会乔治·奥威尔奖，1988年获纽约大学杰出教授奖。代表作有“媒介批评三部曲”——《童年的消逝》《娱乐至死》《技术垄断》，以及《教育何用》等。 【译者简介】 章艳 上海外国语大学教授，理论研究方向为文化翻译和翻译美学。译有《娱乐至死》《如何抑止女性写作》《应得的权利》《朋友之间：汉娜·阿伦特、玛丽·麦卡锡书信集（1949—1975）》《重访美丽新世界》等作品。

"Unreservedly recommended, sums up in simple language Adler's experience of children." --eacher's World

"Unreservedly recommended, sums up in simple language Adler's experience of children." --eacher's World

A classic of 18th-century thought, Schiller's treatise on the role of art in society ranks among German philosophy's most profound works. An important contribution to the history of ideas, it employs a political analysis of contemporary society -- and of the French Revolution, in particular -- to define the relationship between beauty and art.

A classic of 18th-century thought, Schiller's treatise on the role of art in society ranks among German philosophy's most profound works. An important contribution to the history of ideas, it employs a political analysis of contemporary society -- and of the French Revolution, in particular -- to define the relationship between beauty and art.

Lawrence Arthur Cremin (1925-1990), 美国著名教育史家，曾任美国哥伦比亚大学师范学院院长。

Acclaim for The Education of a Speculator, a provocative and penetrating look into the mind, the soul, and the strategies of one of the most controversial traders of all time "A compelling and an entertaining read." —The Wall Street Journal "Victor Niederhoffer gives us page after page of distilled investment wisdom. Taken together, this is pure nectar to those who aim for cons...(展开全部)