Truth to Post-Truth in American Detective Fiction (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

Truth to Post-Truth in American Detective Fiction examines questions of truth and relativism, turning to detectives, both real and imagined, from Poe's C. Auguste Dupin to Robert Mueller, to establish an oblique history of the path from a world where not believing in truth was unthinkable to the present, where it is common to believe that objective truth is a remnant of a simpler, more naive time. Examining detective stories both literary and popular including hard-boiled, postmodern, and twenty-first century novels, the book establishes that examining detective fiction allows for a unique view of this progression to post-truth since the detective's ultimate job is to take the reader from doubt to belief. David Riddle Watson shows that objectivity is intersubjectivity, arguing that the belief in multiple worlds is ultimately what sustains the illusion of relativism.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Crime Files
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	David Riddle Watson
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-087073-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
LSN:	3-03-087073-1
Barcode:	9783030870737

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