From the Publisher
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.
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Chris Hedges, the author of the bestselling War Is a Force
That Gives Us Meaning, is currently a senior fellow at The
Nation Institute and the Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton
University, and writes for many publications including Foreign
Affairs, Harper's, The New York Review of
Books, Granta and Mother Jones. He is also a
columnist for Truthdig.com.
From the Hardcover edition.
Format: Trade Paperback
Published: August 24, 2010
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Language: English
The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10: 0307398471
ISBN - 13: 9780307398475
