Empire of Illusion Hedges Chris
Empire of Illusion Hedges Chris Pulitzer prize-winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion above all else.We now…
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Empire of Illusion Hedges Chris
Pulitzer prize-winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion above all else.We now live in two Americas. The other--the majority--is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. One--now the minority--functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth.
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 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.
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