Páginas:218Géneros:12:JHBA:Socialtheory12:PDR:Impactofscience&technologyonsociety12:HPK:Philosophy:epistemology&theoryofknowledgeSinopsis:&lsquo,Post-Truth,wasOxfordDictionary,s2016wordoftheyear.Whilethetermwascoinedbyitsdisparagers,especiallyinlightoftheBrexitandUSPresidentialcampaigns,therootsofpost-truthliedeepinthehistoryofWesternsocialandpoliticaltheory.ThisbookreachesbacktoPlato,rangesacrosstheologyandphilosophy,andfocusesontheMachiavelliantraditioninclassicalsociology.ThekeyfigurehereisVilfredoPareto,whoofferedtheoriginalmodernaccountofpost-truthintermsofthe&lsquo,circulationofelites,,whereby&lsquo,lions,and&lsquo,foxes,vieforpowerbyaccusingeachotherofillegitimacy,basedonallegationsofspeakingfalselyeitheraboutwhattheyhavedone(lions)orwhattheywilldo(foxes).Thedefiningfeatureof&lsquo,post-truth,isastrongdistinctionbetweenappearanceandrealitywhichisneverquiteresolved,whichmeansthatthestrongestappearanceendsuppassingforreality.Theonlyquestioniswhethermoreisgainedbyrapidchangesinappearance(foxes)orbystabilizingonesuchappearance(lions).Thisbookplaysoutwhatallthismeansforbothpoliticsandscience._,
‘Steve Fuller takes the concept of post-truth to a new level of analysis, explaining the history of “meta” thinking about truth, the institutional structuring of truth through “rules of the game”, and the forms of knowledge that go beyond and problematize this kind of truth. Fuller skewers contemporary thinkers who are in denial about the problematic character of institutional truth and wish to occlude or ignore the processes by which it is produced, and who invent philosophical rationalizations for this denial. This is a readable, bravura performance that develops themes from his earlier writings.’
―Stephen Turner, Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida, USA
‘Alfred Jarry said, “Cliches are the armature of the Absolute.” Steve Fuller provokes us to think past clichés about truth that we default to in the face of scepticism about expertise. He provides an account of issues in play in “post-truth”, epistemic populist circumstances, and traces their lineage in an illuminating way.’
―Fred D’Agostino, Professor of Humanities, The University of Queensland, Australia