Abstract
Post-factual politics has united scientists and civil society in a public defence of truth, however, the battle may already have been lost to a binarity of facts and emotions. Analysing and comparing scientists’ protests against the Trump presidency with famous scientific controversies in modern medicine, this innovative book redefines truth as a negotiation in public discourse between the interplay of values, beliefs and facts. It shows that in order to understand post-factual politics we must unveil emotion’s role in knowledge-making.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Cheltenham, UK |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781788114820 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781788114813 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 504023 Political sociology