L.I.S. Lies- Imposture - Stupidity

What is the truth? How do we determine what is true versus what is false? How can we assure ourselves and others that we are speaking truthfully? In his new book . Roland Breeur takes a 21st Century perspective on the history and the potential future of the truth - its meaning, its function, its value. From Donald Trump and the "post truth" era to the philosophical musing of Deleuze and Arendt, from political conspiracies to familial deceptions, Breeur insightfully explores the psychological mechanisms at work in lies and dissimulations of facts and fictions as well as the philosophical significance and validity of the search for truth. At once a historical survey of individuals who have s.