What Would Cervantes Do?: Navigating Post-Truth with Spanish Baroque Literature Volume 2

by William Egginton and David Castillo

Book Overview

The attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 was a tragic illustration of the existential threat that the viral spread of disinformation poses in the age of social media and twenty-four-hour news. From climate change denialism to the frenzied conspiracy theories and racist mythologies that fuel antidemocratic white nationalist movements in the United States and abroad, What Would Cervantes Do? is a lucid meditation on the key role the humanities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228008158
• ISBN13: 9780228008156
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"