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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...
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...
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...
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...
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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作者实在是太moralist,很多遣词用句都非常偏颇,读完完全不让人信服。(read Chpt. 1&5 for MES, then finished the whole book)
作者实在是太moralist,很多遣词用句都非常偏颇,读完完全不让人信服。(read Chpt. 1&5 for MES, then finished the whole book)
课上读了chapter 1: The End of Literacy
课上读了chapter 1: The End of Literacy
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?