Post-Truth American Politics - False Stories and Current Crises

"America needs shared Stories, or narratives, sometimes called myths, to help citizens to know who they are together and how to go forward. These Stories promote democracy but, as this book shows, they are challenged by the Post-Truth Age, in which too much fake news circulates and trust in democratic principles and practices wanes"--

List of contents

1. Getting Started; 2. Stories; 3. The Enlightenment; 4. The Political Crisis; 5. The Economic Crisis; 6. Political Stories; 7. Economic Stories; 8. Choosing; 9. The Ethics of Responsibility; 10. Refraining; 11. Dissembling; 12. What Now?

About the author

David Ricci teaches Political Science at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has analyzed American liberalism and conservatism in several previous books.

Summary

America needs shared stories, or narratives, sometimes called myths, to help citizens to know who they are together and how to go forward. These stories promote democracy but, as this book shows, they are challenged by the Post-Truth Age, in which too much fake news circulates and trust in democratic principles and practices wanes.

Foreword

Post-Truth American politics is full of false stories which must be challenged. We must promote truth To save democracy.

Product details

• Authors: David Ricci, David (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Ricci, Ricci David
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2023
• EAN: 9781009396493
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0939649-3
• No. of pages: 175
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / United States / General, REFERENCE / Research, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology