Plenary Lecture: Fictions, Facts and Post-Truth
The talk will look at ‘post-truth’ as a consequence of traditional concepts of fixed truths and the contemporary failure to distinguish between relativism and contextualisation. It will then discuss the impact of digitalisation on culture and politics, leading to a precarious scenario where people can talk of a ‘post-truth’ age. Finally, it will argue that an engagement with literature, along with a contentious definition of it, is essential to any bid to find a way out.