Political Fictions: From the Middle Ages to the Post-Truth Present -- Patrick Boucheron, Paperback

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Political Fictions: From the Middle Ages to the Post-Truth Present -- Patrick Boucheron, PaperbackAn acclaimed historian illuminates today's political situation by examining the relationship between governing and storytelling, from the Middle Ages to the "post truth" present, in these engaging essays. In the wake of Donald Trump's election, renowned medievalist Patrick Boucheron delivered a powerful, probing series of lectures on "political fictions" in the context of rising authoritarianism and populism. Adapted here for the first time in

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