Herzog, Werner | THE FUTURE OF TRUTH

Boken utforskar relationen mellan faktum och fiktion genom Werner Herzogs koncept av 'ekstatisk sanning'.

• The Future of Truth av Werner Herzog utforskar aktuella frågor.

• En djupgående analys av humaniora och psykologi.

• Utgiven som förlagsband.

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Bindning: Förlagsband

Bokförlag: Random House UK
ISBN: 9781847928405

Omfång: 128
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2025-10-16

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What if a lie is told to reveal some underlying truth? Are feelings that seem inappropriate, such as the hysteria following the death of a celebrity, any less real or true than the grief we feel over the death of a loved one? Even if the plot of an opera seems preposterous, can't it still express strong human emotions that ring true with the audience?

At the heart of the book lies Werner Herzog's concept of 'ecstatic truth' - a truth that is often hidden behind the facts and our conceptions of reality but can be gleaned through the poetic imagination, in art, literature and cinema, when we open ourselves up to an aesthetic experience.

Written in Herzog's inimitable tyle, the stories, anecdotes and reflections take us from present-day deep fakes and the opportunities and perils of AI to Ancient Egyptian and Rome, where rulers resorted to lies and propaganda in the same way as governments do today; from Scott's and Amundson's race to the South Pole to alien abduction stories and the making of Herzog's own films.

With its singular vision and unique voice, The Future of Truth is an iconoclastic meditation on the relationship between fact and fiction, evidence and the imagination, by one of the most fascinating and idiosyncratic thinkers in the world today.

The Future of Truth av Werner Herzog hittar du under Biografi: konst och underhållning inom Filosofi | Psykologi i huvudkategorin Humaniora.

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