We all do it - how to be a better liar, spot a charlatan and tell the difference between truth and fiction
In Born Liars, Ian Leslie takes the reader on an exhilarating tour of ideas that brings the latest news about deception back from the frontiers of psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, and explores the role played by lies - both black and white - in our childhoods, our careers, and our health, as well as in advertising, politics, sport and war. Drawing on thinkers as varied as Augustine, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud and Joni Mitchell, the author argues that, far from being a bug in the human software, lying is central to who we are; that we cannot understand ourselves without first understanding the dynamics of deceit.
After reading Born Liars you'll never think about lies - or life - in quite the same way again.
- ISBN10 1283264323
- ISBN13 9781283264327
- Publish Date 1 January 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 August 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint House of Anansi Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 400
- Language English