From ancient Rome to the current Internet age, this sweeping
history of ideas explores how different epochs wrestled with the
issue of truth and lies. From the ancient Greeks and Romans to the
modern era, how have people determined what is true? How have those
with power and influence sought to control the narrative? Are we
living in a post-truth era, or is that notion simply the latest
attempt to control the narrative? The relationship between truth
and power is the key theme. Moving through major historical
periods, the author focuses on notable people and events, from
well-known leaders like Julius Caesar and Adolf Hitler to
lesser-known individuals like Procopius and Savonarola. He notes
distinct parallels in history to current events. Julius Caesar's
publication of his Gallic Wars and Civil Wars was an early exercise
in political spin not unlike what we see today. During the English
Civil War and the Enlightenment, pamphleteering coupled with the
new power of the printing press challenged the status quo, as
online and social media does in our time. And "fake news" was
already being used by German chancellor Otto von Bismarck in
nineteenth-century Europe and by the "yellow journalism" of
American newspaper magnates William Randolph Hearst and Joseph
Pulitzer near the turn of the twentieth century. The author
concludes optimistically, noting that we are debating and
discussing truth more fiercely today than in any previous era. The
determination to arrive at the truth, despite the manipulations of
the powerful, bodes well for the future of democracy.
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