Post-truth — that is, the formation of public opinion under the influence of emotions and personal beliefs rather than objective facts — has changed the world considerably. Checking individual facts today is not enough; sometimes a person’s entire view of reality is false. How does this affect East and West? Why is the truth so vulnerable? And what does the principle of ‘living not a lie’ mean today?
A pre-history of post-truth, East and West
Marcy Shore, an expert on Eastern Europe, answers two eternal questions of Russian culture: ‘who is to blame' and ‘what to do'
