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Salman Rushdie. The Religion Of Celebrity

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Details: Last Updated: Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:37; Written by John Fraim

A strobe-light procession of events and a constantly shifting narrative perspective conspire to constantly change the "ground beneath" the reader's feet in the opening chapter of Salman Rushie's new book The Ground Beneath Her Feet.

Maximum Conditions of Darkness

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Details: Last Updated: Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:37; Written by John Fraim

The first days and weeks after the September 11th event was an extraordinary time to observe some of the machinery behind the American symbol making machine. It was also an opportune time to see the symbols being sent into battle against America.

Marshall McLuhan. The Medium and the Light: Reflections on Religion

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Details: Last Updated: Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:37; Written by John Fraim

One of the greatest intellectual voyages of the twentieth century began with the study of an obscure but vigorous Elizabethan pamphleteer named Thomas Nashe.

The Hidden Medium of the Modern Workplace: Speculations On The Digital Economy

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Details: Last Updated: Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:37; Written by John Fraim

Richard Sennett's short new book The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism (Norton, 1998) explores the disorienting effects of the modern workplace.

Friendly Persuasion: The Postmodern Ubiquity Of Advertising

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Details: Last Updated: Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:37; Written by John Fraim

For many years, American advertising was able to trick the masses into thinking needs in life could be met by consumption of the products and that they were a form of agent of the gods bringing divine messages to mankind.

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