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Compact Seminar: "Technology and Human Persons" with Ryan Womack
Wed, Nov 01
|Stumberg Hall
This 4-week seminar will explore a philosophy and theology about technology, relationships, and human persons. We'll examine selections from Edward Bernays' "Propaganda," Daniel Boorstin's "The Image," Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death," and selected readings in contemporary questions.
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