Post-Truth
eBook - ePub

Post-Truth

How Bullshit Conquered the World

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Post-Truth

How Bullshit Conquered the World

About this book

2016 marked the birth of the post-truth era. Sophistry and spin have coloured politics since the dawn of time, but two shock events - the Brexit vote and Donald Trump's elevation to US President - heralded a departure into murkier territory.From Trump denying video evidence of his own words, to the infamous Leave claims of £350 million for the NHS, politics has rarely seen so many stretching the truth with such impunity.Bullshit gets you noticed. Bullshit makes you rich. Bullshit can even pave your way to the Oval Office.This is bigger than fake news and bigger than social media. It's about the slow rise of a political, media and online infrastructure that has devalued truth.This is the story of bullshit: what's being spread, who's spreading it, why it works - and what we can do to tackle it.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. PART I: THE POWER OF BULLSHIT
  8. PART II: WHO’S SPREADING THE SHIT?
  9. PART III: WHY BULLSHIT WORKS
  10. PART IV: HOW TO STOP BULLSHIT
  11. Conclusion
  12. References
  13. Bibliography and further reading
  14. Acknowledgements
  15. Copyright