How does lying transform into a tool for governance and a guarantee for the political regime's survival?
This book reveals that lying is the fuel from which power derives its legitimacy. The modern state does not govern by force alone, but rather by its capacity to regulate collective perception, determining what is said and what remains hidden.
The author shifts from analyzing deception as a philosophical and moral phenomenon to understanding it as an institutional, sociological behavior. He demonstrates its transformation into a tool for managing revolutions, wars, and economic and health crises in the Arab world, as well as its role in shaping the contemporary international order. Furthermore, he examines the impact of digital transformations and artificial intelligence on the future of political lying.
A book that seeks to deconstruct the structural apparatus that renders political lying possible, effective, and acceptable.
