From Postmodernity to a Post-Truth Society?
From Postmodernity to a Post-Truth Society?
Author(s): Diego HanSubject(s): History, Cultural history, History of ideas, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Daugavpils Universitātes Akadēmiskais apgāds “Saule”
Keywords: "truth-society"; "post-truth society"; postmodernism; emotions;
Summary/Abstract: In the last few years, a new concept – the “post-truth” – has developed in the Western society. According to its definition, it describes a state, in which the truth ceases to play the usual role it had in our social life and gets replaced by alternative facts and truths. However, in order to discuss correctly the “post-truth” phenomenon, some conditions have to be fulfilled: the “post-truth” cannot be approached without questioning the veracity of its antithesis, the “truth society”; the “post-truth” can only exist in liberal democracies and only in the field of political communication; and lastly, the “post-truth” is the logical consequence of the postmodern relativization of the truth. Given these preconditions, the paper focuses on the analysis of these specific points in the attempt to prove the irreversible connection between postmodernism and “post-truth”.
Journal: Komparatīvistikas almanahs
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 11(40)
- Page Range: 10-29
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English