428: Postman - A great narrative... has sufficient credibility, complexity, and symbolic power to enable one to organize one's life around it

Podcast: Banned Books · 1517 Podcasts

Opublikowano: 2026-02-14

Featured text: "The End of Education" — Neil Postman We Don't Need No Education. In this episode, we read The End of Education by Neal Postman, discussing the mechanisms of public education, religious catechesis, the influence of the Enlightenment and psychoanalysis on contemporary learning, and what happens when fiction replaces truth as the basis of meaning. This and much, much more on today's show! SHOW NOTES: The End of Education https://amzn.to/4qGylnd More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on Yo...