Post-truth and Propaganda in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: On the “Informative” Constitution of a Manipulable Subject

Abstract

In the following article we analyze some of the key meanings that have been recently articulated in philosophical, political or journalistic discourses, among others, around a concept of maximum relevance in contemporary political debate such as “post-truth”. For this, a classic of science fiction literature such as Fahrenheit 451 is used, taking advantage of a suggestion made by Ramin Bahrani, director of his most recent film adaptation, according to whome Bradbury's novel represents “our social media age”.