
The Book of Veles
Jonas Bendiksen(Author)
GOST Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 21. May 2021
Book
Hardback
148 pages
978-1-910401-61-3 (ISBN)
Description
The provincial North Macedonian town of Veles placed itself on the world map as an epicentre for
fake news production during the US presidential election of 2016. Tech-savvy local youth created
hundreds of clickbait websites posing as American political news portals and may very well have
contributed to the election of Donald Trump.
Bendiksen travelled to Veles to explore this unlikely hub of misinformation. In this new book,
photographs of contemporary Veles are intertwined with fragments from an archaeological
discovery also called 'the Book of Veles' - a cryptic collection of 40 'ancient' wooden boards
discovered in Russia in 1919, written in a proto-Slavic language. It was claimed to be a history of
the Slavic people and the god Veles himself-the pre-Christian Slavic god of mischief, chaos and
deception.
Bendiksen interweaves these two different stories in his own The Book of Veles, representing
historical and current efforts at producing disinformation and chaos
fake news production during the US presidential election of 2016. Tech-savvy local youth created
hundreds of clickbait websites posing as American political news portals and may very well have
contributed to the election of Donald Trump.
Bendiksen travelled to Veles to explore this unlikely hub of misinformation. In this new book,
photographs of contemporary Veles are intertwined with fragments from an archaeological
discovery also called 'the Book of Veles' - a cryptic collection of 40 'ancient' wooden boards
discovered in Russia in 1919, written in a proto-Slavic language. It was claimed to be a history of
the Slavic people and the god Veles himself-the pre-Christian Slavic god of mischief, chaos and
deception.
Bendiksen interweaves these two different stories in his own The Book of Veles, representing
historical and current efforts at producing disinformation and chaos
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
489 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910401-61-3 (9781910401613)
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