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Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

by Chris Hedges

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Pulitzer prize-winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion.

Chris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: One, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. In this "other society," serious film and theatre, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins.

In the tradition of Christopher Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism and Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death, Hedges navigates this culture — attending WWF contests as well as Ivy League graduation ceremonies — exposing an age of terrifying decline and heightened self-delusion.

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"The book, thoroughly documented and written in a measured but take-no-prisoners tone, is a somber companion piece to Charles P. Pierce's recent Idiot America." Booklist

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In the tradition of Christopher Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism, Pulitzer Prize-winner Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate America that craves fantasy, ecstasy, and illusion.
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Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, is the former Middle East Bureau Chief of The New York Times, and a Senior Fellow at The Nation Institute. He is the author of several books, including War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America, I Don't Believe in Atheists, and American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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ElisabethJordan, August 3, 2009 (view all comments by ElisabethJordan)
Hedges' assessment of the USA makes me want, more than ever before, to move to Norway.

Reading this book was very depressing. I will have to console myself with Hedges' belief that "the power of love is greater than the power of hate...Love will endure."
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ISBN:
9781568584379
Subtitle:
The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Author:
Hedges, Chris
Publisher:
Nation Books
Subject:
General
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General Social Science
Subject:
Popular culture -- United States.
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Mass media -- United States.
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Publication Date:
July 2009
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
232
Dimensions:
8.68x6.46x.86 in. .78 lbs.
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