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Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
Matthew D´ancona
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Description for Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
Welcome to the Post-Truth era- a time in which the art of the lie is shaking the very foundations of democracy and the world as we know it. The Brexit vote; Donald Trump's victory; the rejection of climate change science; the vilification of immigrants; all have been based on the power to evoke feelings and not facts. So what does it all mean and how can we champion truth in in a time of lies and `alternative facts'? In this eye-opening and timely book, Post-Truth is distinguished from a long tradition of political lies, exaggeration and spin. ... Read more
Welcome to the Post-Truth era- a time in which the art of the lie is shaking the very foundations of democracy and the world as we know it. The Brexit vote; Donald Trump's victory; the rejection of climate change science; the vilification of immigrants; all have been based on the power to evoke feelings and not facts. So what does it all mean and how can we champion truth in in a time of lies and `alternative facts'? In this eye-opening and timely book, Post-Truth is distinguished from a long tradition of political lies, exaggeration and spin. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785036873
SKU
V9781785036873
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Ref
99-32
About Matthew D´ancona
Matthew d'Ancona is a British journalist. He writes a weekly column for the Guardian and was previously editor of the Spectator. Matthew was the Sunday Telegraph's political columnist for 19 years. He also writes for the Evening Standard, the New York Times and GQ. Matthew is a visiting research fellow at Queen Mary University of London and author of several ... Read more
Reviews for Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
D'Ancona's punchy polemic asks questions that are urgently topical and undeniably important.
John Gray
Guardian
To anyone who is invigorated by urgent writing, Matthew d'Ancona's work is as startling as a cold shower.
Nick Cohen
Observer
Elegantly written and erudite, it's also a rousing rallying cry.
Jonathan Freedland ... Read more
John Gray
Guardian
To anyone who is invigorated by urgent writing, Matthew d'Ancona's work is as startling as a cold shower.
Nick Cohen
Observer
Elegantly written and erudite, it's also a rousing rallying cry.
Jonathan Freedland ... Read more