Herodotus, Thucydides, and the 'Discovery' of Truth in Ancient Greece. Ancient history has much to tell us about the polarization in the political cultures of many Western societies today. More specif

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Herodotus, Thucydides, and the 'Discovery' of Truth in Ancient Greece. Ancient history has much to tell us about the polarization in the political cultures of many Western societies today. More specifically, it speaks to larger questions emerging from contested notions of truth and truthfulness at the heart of this polarization. This project aims to explore how truth first emerged as a problem among some thinkers in Classical Greece. It expects to generate the first study of the social, political, and intellectual conditions that led to the emergence of truth as a social value. Outcomes include a better understanding of what is at stake in our joint commitment to the real and factual, and what would be lost if we give up on it now - with broad benefits for our grasp of political cultures past and present. . Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4303 - Historical Studies. Lead: Prof Julia Kindt