{"product_id":"coillusion-dispatches-from-the-end-of-communication-the-mit-press-9780262043540","title":"CoIllusion  Dispatches from the End of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReports from America's political crisis, exposing a new “iconopolitics,” in which words and images lose their connection to reality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe political crisis that sneaked up on America—the rise of Trump and Trumpism—has revealed the rot at the core of American exceptionalism. Recent changes in the way words and images are produced and received have made the current surreality possible; communication through social media, by design, maximizes attention and minimizes scrutiny. In \u003ci\u003eCo-Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, the noted writer on art, photography, and politics David Levi Strauss bears witness to the new “iconopolitics” in which words and images lose their connection to reality. The collusion that fueled Trump's rise was the secret agreement of voters and media consumers—their “co-illusion”—to set aside the social contract. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrauss offers dispatches from the epicenter of our constitutional earthquake, writing first from the 2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524679770455,"sku":"9780262043540","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780262043540.jpg?v=1731857721","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/coillusion-dispatches-from-the-end-of-communication-the-mit-press-9780262043540","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}