civilización del espectáculo/ The Spectacle Civilization

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Mario Vargas Llosa: civilización del espectáculo/ The Spectacle Civilization (Spanish language, 2018, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial)

232 pages

Spanish language

Published 2018 by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial.

ISBN:
978-84-9062-559-0
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The author puts forth a hard and somber interpretation of our times. Our civilization has turned into entertainment, gossip, enjoyment, and has adopted a carefree, devil-may-care attitude, ignoring what is happening as long as it has its fix of soccer, bull fighting, baseball, cheap entertainment, talk shows, irresponsible yellow journalism, and exploitation of the poor. The idea is: have fun, keep boredom at bay, and avoid what bothers, worries and anguishes us. In fact modern culture makes it a social mandate.

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