Post-intellectualism and the decline of democracy: the failure of reason and responsibility in the twentieth century
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| adam_text | Contents
Figures and Tables xi
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Part 1. Orientation: The Concept of Post lntellectualism 1
1. Our Intellectual Foundations 3
Three Intellectual Periods 4
Post lntellectualism and the Progress Paradox 8
The Intellectual Legacy of the Enlightenment 10
The Failed Intellectual Promise 14
2. Emergence of Post lntellectualism 19
Definitions of Post lntellectualism 19
Summary Characteristics of Post lntellectualism 22
3. Four Attributes of Post lntellectualism 35
Ignorance: Loss of Knowledge 35
Dumbth: Loss of Analytic Thinking 37
Establishmentism: Loss of Social Criticism 42
Specialization: Loss of Perspective 45
4. Underlying Determinants of Post lntellectualism 49
One Primary Consideration: Limitations of Human Intellect 49
Linear Expansion and Growth: The First Determinant 54
The Information Overload: The Second Determinant 56
Technological Determinism: The Third Determinant 59
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Part 2. Personal Consequences of Post lntellectualism 65
5. Illiteracy: The Brave New Mega Mediated World 67
The Collapse of the Print Culture 67
Causes of Illiteracy 70
Mediated Reality 75
Spreading Media Tentacles 79
6. The Fishbowl Society: Loss of Privacy 85
Six Categories of Privacy Invasion 86
Voluntary Surrender of Privacy 94
7. Cognitive Chaos: The Data Daze 99
The Acceleration of Change 100
The Generation Overlap 102
Problems with Our Problem Solving 107
8. Isolation and Loss of Direction: Disoriented We Despair 113
Mass Media and Isolation 113
Anxiety and Malaise 115
Loss of the Big Picture 117
Loss of Self Sufficiency 119
Institutionalism and Bureaucratization 124
Part 3. Social Consequences of Post lntellectualism 131
9. Hyper Urbanization: Losing Our Way in the Concrete Jungle 133
The Concept of Urbanization 133
Urban Pressures 136
Physical and Social Entropy 140
10. Economic Destitution: Bankruptcy of Fiscal Theory 145
Media and Materialism 146
Economic Theories and the Fallacy of Infinite Growth 150
Conglomerate Maneuverings and Multinational Cartels 154
11. Environmental Decay: Damn the Resources, Full Speed Ahead! 159
Global Population Pressures 159
Ecological Estrangement 163
Environmental Overload 165
12. Moral Collapse: Sex, Lies, Violence, and Videotape 173
Society and a Post Intellectual Moral Breakdown 174
The Media Connection 177
Explanations of Media Impact 180
Contents jx
Part 4. Political Consequences of Post lntellectualism 187
13. Retribalization: Fragmenting the Global Village 189
Returning to a Tribal Mindset 190
The New Tribalism and Affirmative Action 194
14. Democracy and Responsibility: The Freedom Dilemma 201
The Quest for Freedom 202
Media and Democracy 204
15. Democratic Decline: The Dream Grows Dim 213
The Basic Requisites 213
Emergence of the Enfeebled Government 215
Emergence of Corporate Governance 218
Emergence of the Dysfunctional Citizenry 221
16. Control and Manipulation: Alternatives to Anarchy 229
Elitism and the Illusion of Democracy 230
The Authoritarian Alternative 232
Information Control and Manipulation 234
Genetic Control and Manipulation 237
Part 5. Prognosis: Future Directions and Considerations 241
17. Concerns and Questions 243
Reversing the Effects of the Progress Paradox 244
Living Within the Web Culture 246
Searching for Moral Direction 250
18. Steps Toward Solutions 255
Ten Recommendations 255
Summary 265
Selected Bibliography 269
Index 285
Figures and Tables
Table 1.1 Three Cultural Periods 6
Table 2.1 Definitions of Intellectualism and Post lntellectualism 20
Table 2.2 Comparison of Three Intellectual Periods 23
Table 4.1 Births Per Income Level 53
Figure 5.1 Average SAT Verbal Scores: 1951 52 to 1993 94 69
Figure 7.1 The Acceleration of Change 102
Table 10.1 Increases in U.S. Gross Domestic Product 153
Figure 11.1 World Population Estimates 161
Figure 14.1 Media and the Freedom Dilemma 204
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