Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
"Remarkable, bracing and highly moral,Empire of Illusionis Hedges' lament for his nation."—Maclean's"Each chapter ofEmpire of Illusionmakes a strong case for how different illusions — of literacy, love, wisdom, happiness — taken together are destroying the American mind, culture and the nation itself."—National Post"Each chapter torches one of our cultural illusions."—The Globe and Mail"Hedges is a fan of big ideas, and inEmpire of Illusion, he draws upon the culture of professional wrestling and pornography, the elite university, positive psychology and the financial crisis to fashion a social theory of everything."—Winnipeg Free Press--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.