Relativism and Post-Truth in Contemporary Society Possibilities and Challenges /
This book approaches post-truth and relativism in a multidisciplinary fashion. Researchers from astrophysics, philosophy, psychology, media studies, religious studies, anthropology, social epistemology and sociology discuss and analyse the impact of relativism and post-truth both within the academy...
| Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: | |
|---|---|
| Άλλοι συγγραφείς: | , , |
| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Έκδοση: |
Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
|
| Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Θέματα: | |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1. Introduction: Engaging relativism and post-truth; Ulf Zackariasson
- Part I: The Promise of Relativism
- 2. Relativism versus Absolutism: The Sense of Relativism that Leibniz and Hegel Grasped but Plato didn't; Steve Fuller
- 3. Postmodern Relativism as Enlightened Pluralism;Raphael Sassower
- Part II: Post-truth as Social Condition and Truth-game
- 4. Post-Truth, Social Media, and the "Real" as Phantasm; Michael Sawyer
- 5. A Theory of Evolution of Religious Knowledge in a Post-Revolutionary Iran: And a New Frontier for Sociology of Knowledge; Morteza Hashemi and Amir R. Bagherpour
- Part III: Relativism and the Academy
- 6. On Extrapolation in Trans-cultural Dialogues: The Example of the Use of Einstein´s Theories of Relativity in the Discourse of Relativism; Bengt Gustafsson
- 7. Mental Health Diagnosis - is it relative or universal in relation to culture?; Valerie DeMarinis
- 8. Critique of Human Rights Universalism; Elena Namli
- Part IV: The Threat of Relativism
- 9. Scientism and Utopia: New Atheism as a Fundamentalist Reaction to Relativism; Steven LeDrew
- 10. The Barbarian in Rome and the Cultural Relativism Debate; Mattias Gardell
- 11. Relativism as a Challenge to Religion: Christianity, Truth and the "Dictatorship of Relativism"; Mikael Stenmark.
