Truth Abandoned

How Can Democracy Survive?

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Feminists speak about important political issues because the lives of women are complex. Recognising how power works and in whose favour underlies many of these discussions. In this compelling and clear account of political structures, Betty McLellan asks the important questions. What is truth and how do we understand it, especially when some say, “That’s not my truth.” Are there competing truths?Modern and postmodern approaches to democracy impinge on issues of power and truth, especially with increasingly individualistic as opposed to collective approaches to politics. Populism has been used by politicians to shore up votes and sway entire sections of the voting public while identity politics has fractured that same voting public.Is democracy dead or are there ways of fruitfully salvaging democracy. Could feminism be the answer?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-10-08
Mått:152 x 228 x 10 mm
Vikt:280 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Spinifex Press
ISBN:9781922964168

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Politiska ideologier och rörelser inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Betty McLellan is a feminist ethicist and psychotherapist with over 20 years experience, and is the author of bestselling feminist self-help book Help! I'm Living with a Man Boy, which has been translated into 16 languages. She is also the author of Overcoming Anxiety, Beyond Psychoppression, Ann Hannah: My (Un)Remarkable Grandmother, and Unspeakable: A Feminist Ethic of Speech. With a focus on both the personal and political, Betty successfully combines her work as a psychotherapist with a broader emphasis on feminist ethical analysis and activism. She lives in Townsville, North Queensland.

Recensioner i media

Betty McLellan’s analysis and arguments are fundamentally about truth, its importance for a functioning democracy and radical feminists’ insistence on telling it. —Kara Dansky, US lawyer and author of The Reckoning: How Democrats and the Left Betrayed Women and Girls.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionTruthDemocracyFeminismLiberal feminismRadical feminismChapter 1:Feminist Focus on Truth and Truth-tellingPowerSexual ExploitationPornographyProstitutionSexual assaultSurrogacyDomestic ViolenceDiscrimination on the Basis of SexLanguageNamingSilencingObscurantismAttempted Erasure of WomenChapter 2:Speaking Truth to PowerA Note about DefamationChapter 3:Lies, Damned Lies and the Death of DemocracyCharacteristics of a DemocracyFree and fair electionsPower belongs to all adult citizens through their freely elected representativesMajority rulesIndividual rights and responsibilitiesFreedom of the pressIndependent judiciary and acceptance of the rule of lawThreats to DemocracyTribalismAbuse of democratic principlesIngrained inequalityPolitical extremismLies and disinformationHow Has It Come to This?NeoliberalismPostmodernismLiberalismLibertarianismChapter 4:Creative Ways of Avoiding the TruthGradualismAged careIndigenous wellbeingWomen’s safetyEqualismWhataboutismWaititoutismHideandseekismChapter 5:Individualism, Populism and Identity PoliticsLiberalism – Earlier TimesLiberalism TodayLiberalism’s ExcessesSpeechGreedExploitation of the less powerfulWreaking havoc on the planetWanton destruction of historical sitesSexual exploitation of womenViolenceSexual violenceViolence in the communityViolence in relationshipsPopulismPopulism as a response to powerlessnessPopulism as a response to contemptPopulism as a response to humiliationIdentity PoliticsChapter 6:Leading the WayUncovering Root CausesChanging NarrativesAction Across All AreasMoving Forward TogetherA Glimpse Into A Future That Has Already BegunTransgender truth and liesSex-based crimes against womenBibliographyIndex