Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
Here’s the crux of the argument presented in Empire of Illusion, a disturbingly invigorating book on the demise of our North American society. The more we sever ourselves from a literate, print-based world, a world of complexity and nuance, a world of ideas, for one informed by comforting, reassuring images, fantasies, slogans,…
Chris Hedges’ Empire of Illusion is a must-read for those who want to go into the impeding crises our country face with their eyes wide-open. In the last of the book’s chapters on today’s political leadership, Hedges holds out little hope for the actions of President Barack Obama. Here’s a rather pessimistic take on…
I am currently reading a thought-provoking book on the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle – Chris Hedges’ Empire of Illusion. Here’s a snippet on modern politicians (pg 46): Those captive to images [ed. -the majority of our population today] cast ballots based on how candidates make them feel. They…