Empire of Illusion

“Hedges is a fan of big ideas, and in Empire 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
”[Hedges’s] cultural diagnoses have become more prescient and more ubiquitous with time.” –San Antonio Express-News
“A trenchantly argued critique of the near-destruction of the American Dream by unfettered capitalism.” –Philadelphia Inquirer
“Each chapter of Empire of Illusion makes a strong case for how different illusions…taken together are destroying the American mind, culture and the nation itself.” –National Post
“Impassioned, mournful … A welcome contribution to the field of cultural studies.” –Hemispheric Institute
“Remarkable, bracing and highly moral, Empire of Illusion is Hedges’ lament for his nation.” –Maclean’s
“Thoroughly documented and written in a measured but take-no-prisoners tone… . It’s bound to stir up its share of interest-generating controversy.” –Booklist

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He spent nearly two decades as a correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans, with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Empire of Illusion, Death of the Liberal Class, War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, which he co-wrote with Joe Sacco. He writes a weekly column for the online magazine Truthdig. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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