In this New York Times bestseller, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Chris Hedges has written a shattering meditation on American obsession with celebrity and the epidemic of illiteracy that threatens our cultural integrity. Reporting on such phenomena as professional wrestling, the pornographic film industry, and unchecked casino capitalism, Hedges exposes the mechanisms used to divert us from confronting the economic, political, and moral collapse around us. Empire of Illusion shows us how illiteracy and the embrace of fantasy have impoverished our working class, allowed for the continuance of destructive public policy, and ushered in cultural bankruptcy.
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Illusions of reality (entertainment), love (porn and sex), knowledge (academia and education), happiness (positive spin by corporations), america (power politics and news), etc. This book written in 2009 by Chris Hedges is all about the propaganda surroundi...
評分Illusions of reality (entertainment), love (porn and sex), knowledge (academia and education), happiness (positive spin by corporations), america (power politics and news), etc. This book written in 2009 by Chris Hedges is all about the propaganda surroundi...
評分Illusions of reality (entertainment), love (porn and sex), knowledge (academia and education), happiness (positive spin by corporations), america (power politics and news), etc. This book written in 2009 by Chris Hedges is all about the propaganda surroundi...
評分Illusions of reality (entertainment), love (porn and sex), knowledge (academia and education), happiness (positive spin by corporations), america (power politics and news), etc. This book written in 2009 by Chris Hedges is all about the propaganda surroundi...
評分Illusions of reality (entertainment), love (porn and sex), knowledge (academia and education), happiness (positive spin by corporations), america (power politics and news), etc. This book written in 2009 by Chris Hedges is all about the propaganda surroundi...
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很好的一本書,大傢都來閱讀吧
評分作者實在是太moralist,很多遣詞用句都非常偏頗,讀完完全不讓人信服。(read Chpt. 1&5 for MES, then finished the whole book)
評分A reflection on the social reality, what is your perspective? Reality vs. Illusion, butterfly or Zhuang Zi, who is real, what is more important to our survival and progress?
評分another page-turner, involving some exaggeration and cliche
評分課上讀瞭chapter 1: The End of Literacy
Empire of Illusion 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載