{"product_id":"the-future-of-truth-hardcover","title":"The Future of Truth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWerner Herzog\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Hofmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom legendary filmmaker and author Werner Herzog, a compact, effervescent, and deeply personal exploration of art, philosophy, and history that unravels one of our most elusive and contested questions: What is truth--and how to find it in our \"post-truth\" era?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor over half a century, Werner Herzog has challenged, enriched, and expanded our understanding of the truth. His films and books have mixed fiction and nonfiction, documentary and drama, reality and imagination. Invariably, Herzog goes beyond the appearance of what is true in search of a higher truth, or what he has often referred to as the \"ecstatic truth.\" In \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, a great artist ventures an answer to one of humanity's deepest, most eternal questions. At a moment when deepfake AI videos are proliferating, and most people have simply thrown up their hands in despair at the ubiquity of what we now know as fake news--not to mention the constant lying and propagandizing from certain public figures--Herzog seeks a remedy. Mixing memoir, history, politics, poetry, science, and fierce opinion, he writes with dazzling originality and panache, urging readers to be unflagging and imaginative in the pursuit of truth, endless though the quest may be: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI don't think truth is some kind of polestar in the sky that we will one day get to. It's more like an incessant striving. A movement, an uncertain journey, a seeking full of futile endeavor. But it is this journey into the unknown, into a vast twilit forest, that gives our lives meaning and purpose; it is what distinguishes us from the beasts in the fields.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWerner Herzog\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He made his first film in 1961 at the age of nineteen. Since then, he has produced, written, and directed more than seventy feature and documentary films, including \u003ci\u003eAguirre, the Wrath of God\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNosferatu the Vampyre\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLittle Dieter Needs to Fly\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMy Best Fiend\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGrizzly Man\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEncounters at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCave of Forgotten Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose and directed as many operas. He lives in Munich and Los Angeles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslator \u003cb\u003eMichael Hofmann\u003c\/b\u003e is a German-born poet who writes in English. He has translated the works of Bertolt Brecht, Franz Kafka, Hans Fallada, and Joseph Roth, and teaches at the University of Florida in Gainesville.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.52 x 5.78 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978277421357,"sku":"9780593833674","price":25.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/09IAj2qYl19780593833674.webp?v=1775801410","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-future-of-truth-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}