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DANIEL J. BOORSTIN

THE IMAGE - or What Happened to the American Dream

Izdavač - Penguin Books, London

Godina - 1962

318 strana

18 cm

Povez - Broširan

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SADRŽAJ:
Preface to the Pelican Edition
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Extravagant Expectations
1. From News Gathering to News Making: A Flood of Pseudo-Events
2. From Hero to Celebrity: The Human Pseudo-event
3. From Traveller to Tourist: The Lost Art of Travel
4. From Shapes to Shadows: Dissolving Forms
5. From Ideal to Image: The Search for Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
6. From the American Dream to American Illusions? The Self-Deceiving Magic of Prestige
Suggestions for Further Reading (and writing)
Index


"Think of an image. Multiply by ten. Square the product. Add prestige. Take away the thing that first made you think of it. Sell it. Print it. Film it. Broadcast it... And the answer's UNREALITY.

Such, broadly, is the theme of this devastating study, in which a modern historian pricks the balloon of the American moonshine industry. Professor Boorstin documents for us the way in which newsmen create non-existent news, film companies fabricate stars, travel agents offer adventure without risk, advertising agents inflate nothing into something, and nonentities are turned into heroes by celebrity and celluloid. This is a close analysis of the mentality of technological society, which is for ever seeking to deceive itself with shams and images in order to evade the realities of the world. Like The Hidden Persuaders or The Affluent Society it demonstrates America's reawakening mood and contains profound lessons for every modern society.

'Excellent ... it is the book to end all books
about "the American image" - John Wain in the Observer

A compelling, disturbing, and witty book' - Sunday Telegraph "



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