On Truth in Politics

The “philosopher of truth” (Jill Lepore, The New Yorker ) shows why truth is an essential democratic value—and how it can be strengthened Do any of us really care about truth when it comes to politics? Should we? In a world of big lies, denialism, and conspiracy theories, democracies are experiencing two interlocked crises: a loss of confidence in democracy itself and the growing sense among many that politics is only about power—not truth. In this book, Michael Patrick Lynch argues that truth n