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Author Kakutani, Michiko, author.

Title The death of truth : notes on falsehood in the age of Trump / Michiko Kakutani.

Publication Info. New York : Tim Duggan Books, [2018]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  306.2 KAKUTANI    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  306.2097 KAKUTANI    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  306.2097 KAK    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.2097 KAKUTANI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  306.2097 KAKUTANI    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  306.2097 KAKUTANI    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  306.2097 KAKUTANI    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  306.2097 KAKUTANI, MICHIKO    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  306.2097 KAK    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  306.2097 KAK    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 208 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-208).
Contents The decline and fall of reason -- The new culture wars -- "Moi" and the rise of subjectivity -- The vanishing of reality -- The co-opting of language -- Filters, silos, and tribes -- Technology -- "The firehose of falsehood" : propaganda and fake news -- The Schadenfreude of the trolls.
Summary How did truth become an endangered species in contemporary America? 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 politics, 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.
Subject Political culture -- United States.
Truth -- Political aspects -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021
ISBN 9780525574828 (hardcover)
0525574824 (hardcover)
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