Fire and Knowledge

I have added Daniel Boorstin’s The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America to my “recommended reading” section. It was an excellent and enlightening read. Boorstin exposits imagery, television, magazines, celebrities, pseudo-events, abridgements, travel, tourism, movies, corporate image, advertising, and more.

I had high expectations for this book, because I have known about it for years and have read many writers quote from it and recommend it. Often when I have such high expectations for a work it disappoints, but The Image was interesting, informative, persuasive and convicting. I highly recommend this book.