Western Crisis of Truth in the Early 21st Century - As the Enlightenment Dims

A study of the dimming of the Enlightenment, this volume will appeal to scholars of social and political theory and political anthropology.

Sommario

Introduction: Rethinking Post-Truth Part I. What is This? 1. As the Enlightenment Dims 2. Sources of Post-Enlightened Truth 3. The Problematic Nexus of the East of Europe Part II. What is it Like? 4. Memetic Reality 5. Meontological Action 6. Performative Power Part III. Now What? 7. Living in the Shadows: Modalities of Truth 8. Politics of the Void 9. Politics of Truth Conclusion: Lessons from the East of Europe

Info autore

Arvydas Grišinas is a researcher at Kaunas University of Technology. He is an author of Politics with a Human Face: Identity and Experience in Post-Soviet Europe (Routledge, 2018).

Riassunto

A study of the dimming of the Enlightenment, this volume will appeal to scholars of social and political theory and political anthropology.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Arvydas Grisinas, Arvydas Grišinas
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032462202
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3246220-2
• Pagine: 148
• Serie: Contemporary Liminality
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); History, Cultural Studies, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political science & theory, Humanities, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Political campaigning & advertising, Political science and theory, Political campaigning and advertising, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050