The death of truth notes on falsehood in the age of Trump
"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, prov...
| Main Author: | Kakutani, Michiko (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Tim Duggan Books,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The decline and fall of reason
- The new culture wars
- "Moi" and the rise of subjectivity
- The vanishing of reality
- The co-opting of language
- Filters, silos, and tribes
- Attention deficit
- "The firehose of falsehood" : propaganda and fake news
- The Schadenfreude of the trolls.