Empire of illusion

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling author charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate America that craves fantasy, ecstasy, and illusion.



We now live in two Americas. One,now the minority,functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other,the majority,is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. To this majority,which crosses social class lines, though the poor are overwhelmingly affected,presidential debate and political rhetoric is pitched at a sixth-grade reading level. In this other America," serious film and theatre, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins of society. In the tradition of Christopher Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism and Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death , Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges navigates this culture,attending WWF contests, the Adult Video News Awards in Las Vegas, and Ivy League graduation ceremonies,to expose an age of terrifying decline and heightened self-delusion.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 05 oktober 2010

Aantal pagina's: 232

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Chris Hedges

Tweede Auteur: Hedge, Chris

Hoofduitgeverij: Nation Books

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 142 mm

Product hoogte: 15 mm

Product lengte: 208 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 131 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 22 mm

Verpakking lengte: 199 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 477 g

EAN: 9781568586137

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