BOOK REVIEW Truncated truths for post-truth times*

DEMOCRACY AND TRUTH: A Short History by Sophia Rosenfeld University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia Hardcover: 224 pages Price: AUD$43.90 Reviewed by Michael Quinlan Sophia Rosenfeld is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her previous book, Common Sense: A Political History, won the Mark Lynton History Prize. In this short book, Rosenfeld seeks to show that the relationship between demo­cracy and truth has always been multifaceted, d…

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