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oapen-20.500.12657-524712023-07-06T12:54:05Z Post-Truth Imaginations Rommetveit, Kjetil Alfred Nordmann Brexit Donald Trump Experts History of Science History of Technology History since 1800 Manipulation Measurement Michael Gove Modern History Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Technology Rob Langham Scientific Ethics Smart Technology Visualisation bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science & technology on society This book engages with post-truth as a problem of societal order and for scholarly analysis. It claims that post-truth discourse is more deeply entangled with main Western imaginations of knowledge societies than commonly recognised. Scholarly responses to post-truth have not fully addressed these entanglements, treating them either as something to be morally condemned or as accusations against which scholars have to defend themselves (for having somehow contributed to it). Aiming for wider problematisations, the authors of this book use post-truth to open scholarly and societal assumptions to critical scrutiny. Contributions are both conceptual and empirical, dealing with topics such as: the role of truth in public; deep penetrations of ICTs into main societal institutions; the politics of time in neoliberalism; shifting boundaries between fact – value, politics – science, nature – culture; and the importance of critique for public truth-telling. Case studies range from the politics of nuclear power and election meddling in the UK, over smart technologies and techno-regulation in Europe, to renewables in Australia. The book ends where the Corona story begins: as intensifications of Modernity’s complex dynamics, requiring new starting points for critique. 2022-01-18T13:07:47Z 2022-01-18T13:07:47Z 2022 book ONIX_20220118_9780429628764_3 9780429628764 9780367146818 9780429053061 9781032158075 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52471 eng History and Philosophy of Technoscience application/pdf n/a 9780429628764.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780429053061 10.4324/9780429053061 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb Universitetet i Bergen 9780429628764 9780367146818 9780429053061 9781032158075 Routledge 238 open access
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This book engages with post-truth as a problem of societal order and for scholarly analysis. It claims that post-truth discourse is more deeply entangled with main Western imaginations of knowledge societies than commonly recognised. Scholarly responses to post-truth have not fully addressed these entanglements, treating them either as something to be morally condemned or as accusations against which scholars have to defend themselves (for having somehow contributed to it). Aiming for wider problematisations, the authors of this book use post-truth to open scholarly and societal assumptions to critical scrutiny. Contributions are both conceptual and empirical, dealing with topics such as: the role of truth in public; deep penetrations of ICTs into main societal institutions; the politics of time in neoliberalism; shifting boundaries between fact – value, politics – science, nature – culture; and the importance of critique for public truth-telling. Case studies range from the politics of nuclear power and election meddling in the UK, over smart technologies and techno-regulation in Europe, to renewables in Australia. The book ends where the Corona story begins: as intensifications of Modernity’s complex dynamics, requiring new starting points for critique.
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