Details e-Book Travels in Hyperreality
šø Author(s): Umberto Eco
šø Title: Travels in Hyperreality
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A āscintillating collectionā of essays on Disneyland, medieval times, and much more, from the author of Foucaultās Pendulum (Los Angeles Times). Collected here are some of Umberto Ecoās finest popular essays, recording the incisive and surprisingly entertaining observations of his restless intellectual mind. As the author puts it in the preface to the second edition: āIn these pages, I try to interpret and to help others interpret some āsigns.ā These signs are not only words, or images; they can also be forms of social behavior, political acts, artificial landscapes.ā From Disneyland to holography and wax museums, Eco explores Americaās obsession with artificial reality, suggesting that the craft of forgery has in certain cases exceeded reality itself. He examines Western cultureās enduring fascination with the middle ages, proposing that our most pressing modern concerns began in that time. He delves into an array of topics, from sports to media to what he calls the crisis of reason. Throughout these travelsāboth physical and mentalāEco displays the same wit, learning, and lively intelligence that delighted readers of The Name of the Rose and Foucaultās Pendulum. Translated by William Weaver
