Glaser, Eliane (2013) Get real: how to see through the hype, spin and lies of modern life. London, UK: Fourth Estate. ISBN 9780007416820.
Abstract
Book synopsis: Oil companies advertise their green credentials. Long-hours employees play table football at work. Billionaires organise ‘grassroots’ political movements. Cuts that target the poor are billed as progressive. To Eliane Glaser, these are all signs of the maddeningly surreal gap between appearance and reality in modern life. With the melting away of conflicts between East and West in the Cold War and Right and Left in our politics, the big ideologies were consigned to history. But ‘Get Real’ argues that agendas never really disappeared. They just went undercover, creating a looking-glass world in which reality is spun and vested interests appear in disguise. ‘Get Real’ is a passionate yet entertaining guide to spotting and decoding the delusions we live by – from plus-size models to home-grown veg; from natural childbirth to iphone apps. Only then can we improve our world for real.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2014 14:16 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 12:34 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/9483 |
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