The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America by Daniel J. Boorstin

The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America

Daniel J. Boorstin

315 pages first pub 1961 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The author describes how we have flooded our world with pseudo-events and images that tempt us to turn newsgathering into newsmaking, to transform heroes into celebrities, to live not by the American dream but by American illusions.

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