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The Death of Truth (Hardcover)
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From a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique
of the West's retreat from reason. 'The Death of Truth is destined
to become the defining treatise of our age' David Grann 'The first
great book of the Trump administration ... essential reading'
Rolling Stone We live in a time when the very idea of objective
truth is mocked and discounted by the US President. 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?
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 political
campaigns, 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 presents a path
forward for our truth-challenged times.
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