Post-Truth, Scepticism & Power
This book examines the concept of post-truth and the impact it is having on contemporary life, bringing out both its philosophical and political dimensions. Post-truth is contextualised within the philosophical discourse of truth, with particular reference to theories of scepticism and relativism, to explore whether it can take advantage of these to claim any intellectual credibility. Sim argues that post-truth cannot be defended on either sceptical or relativistic grounds - even those provided by recent iconoclastic philosophical movements such as poststructuralism and postmodernism. The affinity between post-truth and conspiracy theory is e…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-030-15875-0
- EAN: 9783030158750
- Produktnummer: 30060407
- Verlag: Springer International Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 184 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.5 cm 358 g
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2019
- Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 358
Über den Autor
Stuart Sim retired as Professor of Critical Theory at Northumbria University, 2013. He is widely published in the fields of critical theory, philosophy, and literary studies, and is a Fellow of the English Association. Recent publications include The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory (ed., 2016) and Twenty-First Century Puritanism (2018).
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