Truth and Democracy

Jeremy Elkins is Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College. Andrew Norris is Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

• Introduction—Jeremy Elkins and Andrew NorrisFrom Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth, and Politics—Harold PinterPART I. OPINION AND AGREEMENTChapter 1. Concerning Practices of Truth—Jeremy ElkinsChapter 2. Truth and Politics—Linda M. G. ZerilliChapter 3. Truth and Disagreement—Robert PostChapter 4. Speaking Power to Truth—Wendy BrownPART II. AUTHORITY AND JUSTIFICATIONChapter 5. Cynicism, Skepticism, and the Politics of Truth—Andrew NorrisChapter 6. Democracy as a Space of Reasons—Michael P. LynchChapter 7. Truth and Democracy: Theme and Variations—William A. GalstonChapter 8. On Truth and Democracy, Hermeneutic Responses—David Couzens HoyChapter 9. Too Soon for the Counterreformation—Jane BennettChapter 10. Response to Norris, Lynch, and Galston—Martin JayPART III. DECISION AND DELIBERATIONChapter 11. Democracy and the Love of Truth—Bernard YackChapter 12. J. S. Mill on Truth, Liberty, and Democracy—Frederick RosenChapter 13. Can This Marriage Be Saved? The Relationship of Democracy and Truth—Rogers M. SmithChapter 14. Democratic Politics and the Lovers of Truth—Nadia UrbinatiPART IV. TRUTH AND PUBLIC REASONSChapter 15. Truth and Public Reason—Joshua CohenChapter 16. The Truth in Political Liberation—David EstlundChapter 17. Truth at the Door of Public Reason: Response to Cohen and Estlund—Josiah OberChapter 18. Just Gimme Some Truth: A Pragmatist Proposal—Robert WestbrookList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments

"A welcome contribution to the ongoing debates in political theory regarding the troubled relationship of truth and politics. The contributors to Truth and Democracy are theorists who have serious and deep concerns with the subject and are struggling mightily with the paradoxes and conundrums they are presented with." (Thomas L. Dumm, Amherst College) "Truth and Democracy explores an important set of questions: Can truth be set aside or rejected in politics? If truth is to be considered, in what way should it matter and what significance would this have for democracy? The book contains strong work by a number of prominent scholars, and the alternation between extended reflection and critical reflection makes for a stimulating dynamic of engagement." (Keith J. Bybee, Syracuse University)