Post-truth and political discourse / David Block.
In this book David Block draws on analytical techniques from Critical Discourse Studies to critically investigate truth, truths, the propagation of ignorance and post-truth. Focusing on corrupt discourses and agnotology, he explores the role of anti-intellectualism, emotion and social media in the c...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Abstract; Opening Comments; This Book: Content and Methodology; A Caveat; References; Chapter 2 Post-Truth Ruminations; Abstract; Introduction; Some Thoughts on the Notion of Truth; Humbug, Bullshit, Lying and Misleadingness; From Epistemology to Agnotology; Climate Change in Tourism Management Studies; Anti-expertism and Anti-intellectualism; Emotions in Discussions of Post-Truth; The Bubble Effect and Other Matters Related to the Social Media; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Political Discourses, Corrupt Discourses; Abstract.
- IntroductionPost-Truth Politics; The Manufacture of Consent; Political Communication and Discourse; Corruption, Discourses of Corruption, Corrupt Discourses; A Lead-in to Telling Cases in Point: The Partido Popular; From Boom to Corruption; Defending the Indefensible; The Corrupted Discourse of Maria Dolores de Cospedal: Part 1; The Corrupted Discourse of Maria Dolores de Cospedal: Part 2; The Courts Decide, PP Continues to Deny; What Happened Next?; The Enduring Appeal of the Topos of Equivalence; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Conclusion; Abstract; Introduction.
- Post-Truth and Political Discourse: Issues RemainingReferences; Appendix: Transcription Conventions; Index.