Democratic Theory of Truth

AvLinda M. G. Zerilli

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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A critique of the concept of truth presupposed by the post-truth debate—and a bold new vision for a more pluralistic citizenry. We say that we live in a “post-truth” era because disinformation threatens our confidence in the existence of a shared public world. Affirming objective truth may, therefore, seem necessary to save democracy. According to political theorist Linda M. G. Zerilli, such affirmation can stifle political debate and silence dissent. In fact, Zerilli argues that the unqualified insistence on objective truth is as dangerous for democracy as denying it.Drawing on Arendt, Foucault, and Wittgenstein, A Democratic Theory of Truth challenges the concept of truth presupposed by the post-truth debate. It argues that we, the people, have an essential role in discovering and evaluating any truth relevant to the political realm. The result is a striking defense of plurality, dissent, and opinion in contemporary democratic societies.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-04-21
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:399 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:9780226839028

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Mer om författaren

Linda M. G. Zerilli is the Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and professor of gender and sexuality studies at the University of Chicago. She is the author of three books, including A Democratic Theory of Judgment, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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“A sustained attack on the idea that there is objective truth, which at once compels the assent of and liberates those who discover it. . . . Using the later work of Ludwig Wittgenstein as a guide, Zerilli discusses two thinkers who challenge the appearance/reality binary, Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault. The author makes a strong case for understanding their work as serving a humble realism rather than Plato’s grandiose realism.”

Innehållsförteckning

List of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction: Democratic Politics and the Problem of Truth1: To Bring Thinking Down to Earth2: Critique as a Political Practice of Freedom3: Fact-Checking and Truth-Telling in an Age of Alternative Facts4: Ideology and the Ordinary5: Feminism, Critique, and the Realistic Spirit6: The Problem of Democratic PersuasionConclusion: A Realistic Picture of Democracy and TruthAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex