Jane Higgs | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

What is truth? Can it be discovered objectively, as science claims? Or is truth a created, highly contested and changing entity, lasting but a moment? Is there more than one truth? Do we pursue it or does truth pursue us? People have sacrificed their lives for it. What is it about truth that can elicit such a reaction? The title illustartes that the contemporary world is full of contradictions; starvation, Aids, illiteracy, and serial killings exist alongside sophisticated digital technology. The money markets of Wall Street and Tokyo, and the pursuit of unsurpassed wealth is a reality created by those who hold these to be certain notions of truth. Our own reality - whatever that is, and whatever form it takes is not a given thing. It is based on certain notions of truth. If we rethink our truth, we alter our reality. This means that we can change the way we live and relate to the world.