Truth in the Public Sphere

Herausgeber: Hannan, Jason

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Truth in the Public Sphere seeks to understand the significance of truth in the everyday world of human communication. Featuring an international group of contributors from across the humanities and social sciences, it explores the place of truth in several facets of the public sphere: language, ethics, journalism, politics, media, and art.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9781498530828
• ISBN-10: 1498530826
• Artikelnr.: 45645121

Autorenporträt

Jason Hannan is assistant professor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Truth as First Casualty in American Politics Part I:
Discourse & Communication Chapter 1: Towards an Activist Theory of Language
Chapter 2: Habermas's Account of Truth in Political Communication Part II:
Ethics and Justice Chapter 3: One Word Does Not a Whole Story Tell:
Contested Truth on a Highway Historical Marker Chapter 4: The Tragic Action
and Revolutionary Intent of Black Lives: The Historical Chapter 5: Jacques
Rancière, Mass Education, and the Linguistic Adventure Around Truth Part
III: Journalism and Politics Chapter 6: .
#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement: On Truth and Lies in an Affective Sense
Chapter 7: Motivated to Ignore the Facts: The Inability of Fact-Checking to
Promote Truth in the Public Sphere Chapter 8: Telling the Truth About War
in Six Words Part IV: Visual Media, Art, & Aesthetics Chapter 9: A Special
Kind of Authenticity: The Portrayal of Civilian Deaths and Injuries in
Vernacular Soldier Photography Chapter 10: No Doubt: The Politics of
Photography in Antonioni's Blow-Up Chapter 11: Light and the Truth in
Painting: Thinking Blumenberg's Absolute Metaphor of Light through Cézanne
About the Contributors