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Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Chris Hedges
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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254. The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. 240 pages. 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. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight: 250.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nation Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
248g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781568586137
SKU
V9781568586137
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About Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He spent nearly two decades as a correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans, with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Empire of Illusion Death of the Liberal Class War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning and Days ... Read more
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