{"product_id":"indirectness-jela-krei-9781399557900","title":"Indirectness: A Plea for Truth in Times of Post-Truth","description":"We are said to live in a 'post-truth' era, yet our time is equally marked by an obsession with reality. From new realism in philosophy to the cult of authenticity in culture and the hyper-technological tracking of bodies and minds, countless efforts seek ever more direct access to what is supposedly 'most real'. This volume challenges the crisis-ridden formula of truth striving to grasp reality directly--forever approaching it, yet always falling short. Instead, it rethinks truth through the lens of indirectness and allows it to unfold in the here and now. Drawing on philosophical, political, and aesthetic perspectives, the essays examine how erring is inherent to genuine insight, how fictions reveal facts, how illusions can enable emancipatory struggles, and how strategies of indirectness in literature, cinema, and popular culture produce the effect of truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jela Krečič\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399557904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399557900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs","brand":"Jela Kre\u0026#269;i\u0026#269;","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48446988615935,"sku":"9781399557900","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03429821-de17-4cce-a003-2ca5780dccc1.jpg?v=1777228080","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/indirectness-jela-krei-9781399557900","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}