Empire of Illusion

Empire of Illusion
Author :
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Total Pages : 242
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307398581
ISBN-13 : 0307398587
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Empire of Illusion by : Chris Hedges

Download or read book Empire of Illusion written by Chris Hedges and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2009-07-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


Empire of Illusion Related Books

Empire of Illusion
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Chris Hedges
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-28 - Publisher: Knopf Canada

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Pulitzer prize–winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion. Chris Hedges
Grande Illusions
Language: en
Pages: 146
Authors: Tom Savini
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983 - Publisher: Imagine (PA)

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Wizard’s Illusion
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Katherine Abetz
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-16 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In a world of increasingly strident identity politics, a theological approach, claiming no more than the outworking of subjectivist sentiment, offers no remedy.
An Illusion of Thieves
Language: en
Pages: 214
Authors: Cate Glass
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-21 - Publisher: Tor Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A ragtag crew with forbidden magic must pull off an elaborate heist and stop a civil war in An Illusion of Thieves, a fantasy adventure from Cate Glass. In Cant
Terminal Illusion
Language: en
Pages: 551
Authors: David Yun
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-11 - Publisher: iUniverse

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The book would make a perfect company with the new ‘I’ of computer culture, especially for those who expect something special. In a uniquely historical sett