ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2009
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle-Chris Hedges
New book
Softcover
240 pages
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We now live in two Americas. One - now the minority - functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other - the majority - is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. To this majority - which crosses social class lines, though the poor are overwhelmingly affected - presidential debate and political rhetoric is pitched at a sixth-grade reading level. In this “other America,” serious film and theater, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins of society. In the tradition of Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism and Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges navigates this culture - attending WWF contests, the Adult Video News Awards in Las Vegas, and Ivy League graduation ceremonies - to expose an age of terrifying decline and heightened self-delusion.


Carstvo iluzija: Kraj pismenosti i trijumf spektakla - Kris Hedžis
Imperija iluzija
Engleski jezik
Nova knjiga
240 str.
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Sada živimo u dve Amerike. Jedna - sada manjina - funkcioniše u svetu zasnovanom na štampanim izvorima, pismenom svetu koji može da se nosi sa složenošću i da odvoji iluziju od istine. Druga - većina - povlači se iz sveta zasnovanog na stvarnosti u svet lažne sigurnosti i magije. Za ovu većinu - koja prelazi granice društvenih klasa, iako su siromašni u ogromnoj meri pogođeni - predsednička debata i politička retorika su na nivou čitanja šestog razreda. U ovoj „drugoj Americi“, ozbiljni film i pozorište, kao i novine i knjige, guraju se na margine društva. U tradiciji knjige „Kultura narcizma“ Kristofera Laša i knjige „Zabavljajući se do smrti“ Nila Postmana, dobitnik Pulicerove nagrade Kris Hedžis se kreće kroz ovu kulturu - prisustvujući takmičenjima WWF-a, dodeli nagrada za vesti o video zapisima za odrasle u Las Vegasu i ceremonijama diplomiranja Ivy League - kako bi razotkrio doba zastrašujućeg pada i pojačane samoobmane.