Societal Deception

Global Social Issues in Post-Truth Times

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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This book spans an array of contemporary topics and issues not normally tackled by a single writer – the media, genetic engineering, fast food, environmental pollution, climate change, economic inequality, political manipulations, sports, and religion.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-06-19
Mått148 x 210 x 30 mm
Vikt626 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor461
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349961061

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Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
Politik och statsskick inom Samhalle och politik
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik

Geoffrey Lawrence is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Queensland, Australia, and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. A recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Australasian Agri-food Research Network (AFRN), he has an extensive publication record on a range of topics including rural social change, agri-food industries, community resilience, food security, sport and leisure, neoliberal globalization, and financialization.

Who Can You Believe? Of Media, Misinformation and Trumpery.- It’s the Economy, Stupid! Neoliberal Nonsense and the Myths of the Free Market.- From Seedling to Supermarket: Farming, Fast Food and the Fabrication of Trust.- Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic: Corporate Profiteering and Planetary Destruction.- The Power to Lie: Propaganda and Post-truth Politics.- Praying for Salvation: Forgeries and Fallacies of Religion.- The Ultimate Diversion: Sport as False Consciousness?.- The Future: Confronting the Culprits.