Book review: Post-truth: how we have reached peak bullshit and what we can do about it by Evan Davis

Kalpokas, Ignas (2018) Book review: Post-truth: how we have reached peak bullshit and what we can do about it by Evan Davis. Democratic Audit Blog (05 May 2018). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In Post-Truth: Why We Have Reached Peak Bullshit and What We Can Do About It, Evan Davis analyses the rise of a post-truth environment, its historical antecedents and the cultural factors that enable it to flourish in the contemporary moment. Ignas Kalpokas praises this book for combining journalistic flare, accessibility and substance to offer a multi-faceted understanding of how post-truth functions in society today.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://www.democraticaudit.com/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	07 Sep 2022 13:27
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 02:52
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/109643

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