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Empire of Illusion
The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Chris Hedges
Livre broché | Anglais
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Description
"A trenchantly argued critique of the near-destruction of the American Dream" (Philadelphia Inquirer) and the image-obsessed culture that has taken over society and culture An instant bestseller, Empire of Illusion is a striking and unsettling exploration of illusion and fantasy in contemporary American culture. Traveling to the ringside of professional wrestling bouts at Madison Square Garden, to Las Vegas to write about the pornographic film industry, and to academic conferences held by positive psychologists who claim to be able to engineer happiness, Hedges chronicles our flight from an ever-worsening reality. The cultural embrace of illusion and celebrity culture have accompanied a growing system of casino capitalism, which creates vast wealth for elites. Corporations have ruthlessly dismantled and destroyed our manufacturing base and impoverished our working class. Hedges exposes the mechanisms that undermine our democracy and divert us from the economic, environmental, political, and moral collapse around us. A culture that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion dies, Hedges argues, and we are dying now.
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- Nombre de pages :
- 240
- Langue:
- Anglais
Caractéristiques
- EAN:
- 9781568586137
- Date de parution :
- 05-10-10
- Format:
- Livre broché
- Format numérique:
- Trade paperback (VS)
- Dimensions :
- 162 mm x 207 mm
- Poids :
- 204 g
