Arendt on Truth, Lies, and Politics
A Conversation with David Bromwich
12.00-1.30pm | Friday, February 23
Elm Library, 31 Whitney Avenue
In "Truth and Politics," Hannah Arendt argued that truth-telling may not be a political virtue. Do we agree? How much depends on the difference between the whole truth and the relevant truth? Related questions turn on the uses of equivocation, "owning the narrative," and telling the truth with a mental reservation.
David Bromwich is Sterling Professor of English at Yale University.
This event is open to all members of the Yale community. Lunch will be served.
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It is always the best policy to speak the truth – unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
—Jerome K. Jerome