A Political Theory of Post-Truth

• Main Author: Kalpokas, Ignas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political theory.; Communication.; Political communication.; Democracy.; Political Theory.; Media and Communication.; Political Communication.; Communication Studies.

This book combines political theory with media and communications studies in order to formulate a theory of post-truth, concentrating on the latter's preconditions, context, and functions in today's societies. Contrary to the prevalent view of post-truth as primarily manipulative, it is ar...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Post-Truth: The Condition of Our Times
• 3. Enabling Post-truth: Mediatisation and Affect
• 4. Making the Theory Political
• 5. Conclusion: For unto Us Post-Truth Is Born.