The problem of post-truth : : rethinking the relationship between truth and politics

Abstract: ‘Post-truth’ is a failed concept, both epistemically and politically because its simplification of the relationship between truth and politics cripples our understanding and encourages authoritarianism. This makes the diagnosis of our ‘post-truth era’ as dangerous to democratic politics as relativism with its premature disregard for truth. In order to take the step beyond relativ- ism and ‘post-truth’, we must conceptualise the relationship between truth and politics differently by starting from a ‘non-sovereign’ understanding of truth

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
The problem of post-truth ; volume:11 ; pages:18-37
Behemoth ; 11, 18-37

Classification
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Keyword
Rawls, John
Arendt, Hannah
Relativismus
Wahrheit
Erkenntnistheorie

Creator

DOI
10.6094/behemoth.2018.11.2.986
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-169280
Rights
Kein Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Last update
14.08.2025, 10:46 AM CEST

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