In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations
Author: Jerry Mander
In his critically acclaimed Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, author and social critic Jerry Mander proclaimed that television, by its fundamental nature, is dangerous—to personal health and sanity, to the environment, and to the democratic process. With In the Absence of the Sacred, he goes beyond television to critique our technological society as a whole….Read More
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