Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Chris Hedges

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

Chris Hedges

240 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology challenging reflective slow-paced
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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 unsettli...

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