Focusing on Pine Ridge, South Dakota Camden, New Jersey Welch, West Virginia and Immokalee, Florida before ending at the occupy protests in New York City, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is filled with interviews, vivid descriptions of the landscapes, and mini-histories for contextualization of the current state of affairs. He takes readers on a tour of various spectacles, from professional wrestling to pornography to so-called “reality” TV, which are, he claims, more about escapism and the importance of symbolic imagery than anything else.Īfter such a thorough, convincing, and insightful tour of the illusory, it makes sense that Hedges (this time accompanied by fellow journalist and excellent image-maker Joe Sacco) would guide readers through the real: real people, real places, real stories, all carefully reported and documented. In 2009’s Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, Chris Hedges takes an angry look at various “illusions,” distractions, and diversions that he argues are employed to keep people from noticing and responding to the real problems they face.
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