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Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-101568584377
ISBN-139781568584379
eBay Product ID (ePID)71907263
Product Key Features
Book TitleEmpire of Illusion : the End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicMedia Studies, General, Popular Culture
GenreSocial Science
AuthorChris Hedges
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-013585
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromCollege Freshman
Dewey Decimal302.23
SynopsisA 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 theater, 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.
LC Classification NumberP92.U5H365 2009
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- 27. Jun. 2019
Empire of Illusion : The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle Buy it. Learn.
Great book with lots of provocative ideas about why America isn't living up to it's reputation and history.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 01. Feb. 2020
Repubicans won't get it
Good book for democrats and independents. Republicans won't get it . . . .Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
