October 08
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Chris Hedges
The other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. He is also a columnist for Truthdig.com.. Pulitzer prizewinner 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.