Abstract
This article rejects the received view that Post-Truth is a new, unprecedented political phenomenon. By showing that Truth and Post-Truth share the same genesis, this article will submit the idea of a Consensus Theory of Post-Truth. Part 1 looks at the difference between Post-Truth, lies and bullshit. Part 2 suggests reasons behind the current preoccupation with Post-Truth. Part 3 focuses on Habermas’s influential consensus theory of truth to suggest that truth and Post-Truth have more in common than is generally assumed. Part 4 puts forward the Consensus Theory of Post-Truth. Part 5 suggests three ways to emasculate the potentially destructive effect of Post-Truth on democratic society.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 347-361 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Philosophy and Social Criticism |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- consensus
- Donald Trump
- Hannah Arendt
- Jürgen Habermas
- lies and bullshit
- Post-Truth
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