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050 00 JK1726|b.K355 2018 
100 1  Kakutani, Michiko,|eauthor. 
245 14 The death of truth :|bnotes on falsehood in the age of 
       Trump /|cMichiko Kakutani. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bTim Duggan Books,|c[2018] 
300    208 pages :|billustrations ;|c20 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-208). 
505 0  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. 
520    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. 
650  0 Political culture|zUnited States. 
650  0 Truth|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y2017-2021 
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