A stirring and incisive manifesto on America's slide away from truth and reason. Over the last three decades, Michiko Kakutani has been thinking and writing about the demise of objective truth in popular culture, academia, and contemporary politics. In The Death of Truth, she connects the dots to reveal the slow march of untruth up to our present moment, when Red State and Blue State America have little common ground, proven science is once more up for debate, and all opinions are held to be equally valid. (And, more often than not, rudely declared online.) The wisdom of the crowd has diminished the power of research and expertise, and we are each left clinging to the "facts" that best confirm our biases. With wit, erudition, and remarkable insight, Kakutani offers a provocative diagnosis of our current condition and presents a path forward for our truth-challenged times.
The Death of Truth - Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
Michiko Kakutani
Tim Duggan Books
2018
208 páginas
6h 56m
ISBN-10: 0525574824
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Michiko Kakutani
Michiko Kakutani foi crítica literária do The New York Times por quase quatro décadas. Considerada uma das melhores críticas de literatura em língua inglesa, ajudou a alçar a carreira de escritores como David Foster Wallace, George Saunders e Ian McEwan. Em 1998, foi agraciada com o Prêmio Pulitzer, um dos mais importantes do mundo.
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