‘Lies’ it seems have always been untenable; they are sometimes ‘good’/productive, sometimes merely fiction; sometimes necessary, and they are definitely despicable. Or are they?
The writers in this issue of Double Dialogues take on the question of “As If” with the benefits of the lessons of history, art and criticisms, exploring not only the provisional nature of knowledge that dictates our world but looking back to understand the reasons and ways in which ‘truths’ and ‘lies’ have been constructed.