Never before in human history has so much cleverness been used to such stupid ends. The cleverness is in the creation and manipulation of markets, media and power; the stupid ends are in the destruction of community, responsibility, morality, art, religion and the natural world. Dumbing Down collects essays on this new phenomenon. It is an indispensable handbook for understanding the modern age.
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Bold, straight-talking polemic . . . Dumbing Down tackles the necessary questions of our time. -- Marina Warner
Dumbing Down raises important questions, which most of us would rather not hear, and which our public culture lacks the confidence to deal with. -- Anthony O'Hear
Dumbing down concerns us all. This book is an admirable protest against the process. -- Sir John Keegan
Entertaining and Informative. -- Septimus Waugh, Literary Review (UK)
If there is hope at all it lies in the existence of books like this. -- Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Daily Mail (UK)
The editor has certainly rounded up quite an impressive list. -- Robert McCrum, The Observer (UK)
Dumbing Down raises important questions, which most of us would rather not hear, and which our public culture lacks the confidence to deal with. -- Anthony O'Hear
Dumbing down concerns us all. This book is an admirable protest against the process. -- Sir John Keegan
Entertaining and Informative. -- Septimus Waugh, Literary Review (UK)
If there is hope at all it lies in the existence of books like this. -- Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Daily Mail (UK)
The editor has certainly rounded up quite an impressive list. -- Robert McCrum, The Observer (UK)
About the Author
Grandson of Sir Oswald Mosley.
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Prime Minister, New Labour, Tony Blair, Labour Government, Arts Council, Downing Street, United Kingdom, Turner Prize, John Major, Margaret Thatcher, Oscar Wilde, House of Commons, Dorian Gray, Edmund Burke, French Revolution, New York, Sir Richard Wilson, Conservative Government, Glasgow School of Art, Second World War, Turing Test, Van Gogh, Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, Art Review New!
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The veteran Labour MP Tam Dalyell converses with Ivo Mosley about the changing role of the Westminster Parliament. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Prime Minister, New Labour, Tony Blair, Labour Government, Arts Council, Downing Street, United Kingdom, Turner Prize, John Major, Margaret Thatcher, Oscar Wilde, House of Commons, Dorian Gray, Edmund Burke, French Revolution, New York, Sir Richard Wilson, Conservative Government, Glasgow School of Art, Second World War, Turing Test, Van Gogh, Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, Art Review New!
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- Democracy in America (Signet Classics) by Alexis de Tocqueville on page 30, page 31, and page 125
- The Soul Of Man Under Socialism by Oscar Wilde on page 109, page 112, and page 115
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville on page 30, page 31, and page 125
- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill on page 22, page 23, and page 24
- The Soul of Man by Oscar Wilde on page 109, page 112, and page 115
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