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

Name: Empire of Illusion The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
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ISBN: 9781568586137

ISBN-10: 1568586132

ISBN-13: 9781568586137

Edition: 2010

Authors: 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…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 10/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.27" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English