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On postmodern reconfigurations of truth

Author(s): Sławomir Józefowicz
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Security and defense
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: truth; relativism; Sophists; postmodernism; postmodernity; social media
Summary/Abstract: The main goal of the article is an interpretation of the current ‘problems with truth’ in politics, social life and the media in the context of the idea of postmodernity as well as the techno-social circumstances shaped by the growth of the Internet and the new means of communication, mainly social media. The author argues that the current situation should be considered in terms of technologically radicalised postmodernity, which increases relativistic tendencies, enables cultural fragmentation and cognitive confusion as well as intensifies the ‘adversary culture’. The article also attempts to assess the ideological impact of specific postmodernist inspirations, especially regarding identity politics and knowledge-power relations.

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