The Image

A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

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Author: Daniel J. Boorstin ISBN: 9780307819161
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: May 9, 2012
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
ISBN: 9780307819161
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: May 9, 2012
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of “pseudo-events”—events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported—and the contemporary definition of celebrity as “a person who is known for his well-knownness.” Since then Daniel J. Boorstin’s prophetic vision of an America inundated by its own illusions has become an essential resource for any reader who wants to distinguish the manifold deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths.

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First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of “pseudo-events”—events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported—and the contemporary definition of celebrity as “a person who is known for his well-knownness.” Since then Daniel J. Boorstin’s prophetic vision of an America inundated by its own illusions has become an essential resource for any reader who wants to distinguish the manifold deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths.

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