Pulitzer Prize winner, influential literary critic and long-time literary columnist for The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani, talks about the global eclipse of reason in the postmodern era. Truth has become an endangered species: the agenda of the power elites and media around the world today is more far from reality than ever before. Under the onslaught of “alternative truths” and outright fakes, we ourselves have lost our critical thinking skills, allowing ourselves to be manipulated by authoritarian governments. How this happened is in Kakutani's book. The author draws on the writings of major intellectuals of the 20th century—such as George Orwell and Hannah Arendt—to paint a chilling image of a modernity in which pseudo-events shape reality and cultural language has degenerated to truly dangerous levels. “The Death of Truth” is not only a timely piece of journalism, but also a book that restores the ability to think critically in an era when truths have been lost.