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

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

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

by Hedges, Chris

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Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2010. Paperback. pp. 232. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+.

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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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title

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Title
Empire of Illusion; The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Author
Hedges, Chris
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ISBN 10
0307398471
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9780307398475
Publisher
Vintage Canada
Place of Publication
Toronto
Date Published
2010

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