{"product_id":"2940172529849","title":"Post-Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat, exactly, is post-truth? Is it wishful thinking, political spin, mass delusion, bold-faced lying? McIntyre analyzes recent examplesamp;mdash;claims about inauguration crowd size, crime statistics, and the popular voteamp;mdash;and finds that post-truth is an assertion of ideological supremacy by which its practitioners try to compel someone to believe something regardless of the evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet post-truth didn't begin with the 2016 election; the denial of scientific facts about smoking, evolution, vaccines, and climate change offers a road map for more widespread fact denial. Add to this the wired-in cognitive biases that make us feel that our conclusions are based on good reasoning even when they are not, the decline of traditional media and the rise of social media, and the emergence of fake news as a political tool, and we have the ideal conditions for post-truth. McIntyre also argues provocatively that the right wing borrowed from postmodernismamp;mdash;specifically, the idea that there is no such thing as objective truthamp;mdash;in its attacks on science and facts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcIntyre argues that we can fight post-truth, and that the first step in fighting post-truth is to understand it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Instructional Systems [Aubrey J. Kline (aka Jim Kline dba Instructional Systems)]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106075033840,"sku":"2940172529849","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172529849_p0.jpg?v=1763837941","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172529849","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}