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

by Chris Hedges

Average based on 1 comment. Synopses & Reviews Customer Comments (1) ISBN13: 9781568586137 ISBN10: 1568586132 All Product Details

 

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In this New York Times bestseller, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges has written a shattering meditation on American obsession with celebrity and the epidemic of illiteracy that threatens our cultural integrity. Reporting on such phenomena as professional wrestling, the pornographic film industry, and unchecked casino capitalism, Hedges exposes the mechanisms used to divert us from confronting the economic, political, and moral collapse around us. Empire of Illusion shows us how illiteracy and the embrace of fantasy have impoverished our working class, allowed for the continuance of destructive public policy, and ushered in cultural bankruptcy.

Synopsis:

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.

From the Hardcover edition.

Synopsis:

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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About the Author

Chris Hedges is a senior fellow at the Nation Institute and the Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University. He is the author of the best-selling War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction. He currently writes for numerous publications, including Harpers, The New York Review of Books, and Mother Jones. A columnist for Truthdig, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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DaxMcMillan, August 31, 2012 (view all comments by DaxMcMillan)
This has got to be the most realistic book on the state of our country I have ever read. Hedges put to words the feelings and thoughts I have built up over time but could never so eloquently put to paper as he does. I have recommended this book to at least 200 people and it is by far one of the best books I have ever read.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781568586137

Author:

Hedges, Chris

Publisher:

Nation Books

Subject:

Popular Culture - General

Subject:

Popular Culture

Subject:

General Social Science

Subject:

Sociology - General

Subject:

Sociology-Media

Copyright:

2010

Edition Description:

First Trade Paper Edition

Publication Date:

20101031

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

from 9

Language:

English

Pages:

240

Dimensions:

8.25 x 5.50 in

Age Level:

14-UP

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Product details 240 pages Nation Books - 2010-07-09 English 9781568586137 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Ingram, 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.

From the Hardcover edition.

"Synopsis" by Ingram, 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.