The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
Kakutani, Michiko
ISBN 10: 0525574824 ISBN 13: 9780525574828
Published by Tim Duggan Books (edition First Edition), 2018
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NEW YORK TIMES Editors' Choice
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of America's retreat from reason
We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the occupants of the White House. Discredited conspiracy theories and ideologies have resurfaced, proven science is once more up for debate, and Russian propaganda floods our screens. The wisdom of the crowd has usurped research and expertise, and we are each left clinging to the beliefs that best confirm our biases.
How did truth become an endangered species in contemporary America? This decline began decades ago, and in The Death of Truth, former New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani takes a penetrating look at the cultural forces that contributed to this gathering storm. In social media and literature, television, academia, and politics, Kakutani identifies the trends'originating on both the right and the left'that have combined to elevate subjectivity over factuality, science, and common values. And she returns us to the words of the great critics of authoritarianism, writers like George Orwell and Hannah Arendt, whose work is newly and eerily relevant.
With remarkable erudition and insight, Kakutani offers a provocative diagnosis of our current condition and points toward a new path for our truth-challenged times.
About the Author: Michiko Kakutani is a Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic and the former chief book critic of The New York Times.
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Title: The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in ...
Publisher: Tim Duggan Books (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First Edition.