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100 1 $aHedges, Chris.
245 10 $aEmpire of illusion :$bthe end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle /$cChris Hedges.
260 $aNew York :$bNation Books,$c2010, c2009.
300 $avii, 232 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $a"Hardcover first published in 2009 by Nation Books"--T. p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-215) and index.
520 $aChris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: one, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, able to cope with complexity and to 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," comforting, reassuring images, fantasies, slogans and a celebration of violence push reality, complexity and nuance to the margins. The worse reality becomes, the less a beleaguered population wants to hear about it and the more it distracts itself with squalid pseudo-events of celebrity breakdowns, gossip and trivia. These are the debauched revels of a dying culture.--From publisher description.
520 $aIn 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.
505 0 $aThe illusion of literacy -- The illusion of love -- The illusion of wisdom -- The illusion of happiness -- The illusion of America.
650 0 $aMass media$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States.
650 7 $acommunication de masse$zEtats-Unis.$2rero
650 7 $aculture populaire$zEtats-Unis.$2rero
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