{"product_id":"the-new-dark-ages","title":"The New Dark Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe End of Reading and the Dawn of a Post-Literate Society\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Marriott\u003c\/strong\u003e (author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Without question the most important book of the year'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e MARINA HYDE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Superb' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTOM HOLLAND\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eReading built the modern world. It helped create democracy, science and reason.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNow, books are dying, and people everywhere are losing the ability to read deeply or think rationally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe golden chain of knowledge linking reader to reader through history is breaking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe screen has replaced the page. Our free time has been colonised by addictive, infantilising slop. A culture of distraction is replacing a culture of reasoned debate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs reading declines, thought becomes shallower and culture becomes simpler.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublic life is becoming more emotional, more tribal, more irrational.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are entering a post-literate society. And the world we knew is already beginning to disappear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSix hundred years after the invention of the printed book, it has never been more threatened or more irreplaceable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Anyone who wants to understand the world today needs to read this book’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNAOMI ALDERMAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘One of the most important cultural crises of all. Essential reading’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eANDREW MARR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Put down your phone and read this’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHELEN LEWIS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJames Marriott\u003cspan\u003e is a columnist at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He presented the Radio 4 series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow Reading Made Us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e about the history of literacy and writes the popular Substack newsletter Cultural Capital. Before joining \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, James worked in the rare book trade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBodley Head\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublication date ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e 2026\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e208 pages\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e9781847929518\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60027910783360,"sku":"9781847929518","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/3281\/8754\/files\/NewDarkAges.jpg?v=1790946187","url":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-new-dark-ages","provider":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}