Empire of illusion: the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle
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New York, N.Y. : Nation Books, c2009., New York, N.Y. : Nation Books, [2009].
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Book
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vii, 232 pages ; 22
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Lafayette Nonfiction Area
302.23 Hed
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A prescient book that forecast the culture that gave rise to Trump — a society beholden to empty spectacle and obsession with image at the expense of reality, reason, and truth. 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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APA Citation (style guide)
Hedges, C. (2009). Empire of illusion: the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle. New York, N.Y., Nation Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hedges, Chris. 2009. Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. New York, N.Y., Nation Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hedges, Chris, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. New York, N.Y., Nation Books, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hedges, Chris. Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. New York, N.Y., Nation Books, 2009.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781568584379
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.