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Has truth become a casualty of America’s increasingly caustic and volatile political culture? Truth in the Public Sphere seeks to understand the significance of truth for the everyday world of human communication. To this end, this book explores the place of truth in several facets of the public sphere: language, ethics, journalism, politics, media, and art. Featuring an international group of contributors from across the humanities and social sciences, this collection is a definitive supplement to theoretical debates about the meaning and status of truth.
Jason Hannan is assistant professor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg.
Introduction: Truth as First Casualty in American PoliticsPart I: Discourse & CommunicationChapter 1: Towards an Activist Theory of LanguageChapter 2: Habermas’s Account of Truth in Political CommunicationPart II: Ethics and JusticeChapter 3: One Word Does Not a Whole Story Tell: Contested Truth on a Highway Historical MarkerChapter 4: The Tragic Action and Revolutionary Intent of Black Lives: The Historical Chapter 5: Jacques Rancière, Mass Education, and the Linguistic Adventure Around TruthPart III: Journalism and PoliticsChapter 6: . #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement: On Truth and Lies in an Affective SenseChapter 7: Motivated to Ignore the Facts: The Inability of Fact-Checking to Promote Truth in the Public SphereChapter 8: Telling the Truth About War in Six WordsPart IV: Visual Media, Art, & AestheticsChapter 9: A Special Kind of Authenticity: The Portrayal of Civilian Deaths and Injuries in Vernacular Soldier PhotographyChapter 10: No Doubt: The Politics of Photography in Antonioni’s Blow-UpChapter 11: Light and the Truth in Painting: Thinking Blumenberg’s Absolute Metaphor of Light through CézanneAbout the Contributors
In short, the authors of this book succeed in presenting the truth in different contexts communication, but also according to a variety of media (traditional and digital). [Translated from original French]
Jason Hannan, University of Winnipeg) Hannan, Jason (Associate Professor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications, Associate Professor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications
Amit Pinchevski, Patrice M. Buzzanell, Jason Hannan, Israel) Pinchevski, Amit (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, USA) Buzzanell, Patrice M. (University of South Florida, Canada) Hannan, Jason (The University of Winnipeg
Amit Pinchevski, Patrice M. Buzzanell, Jason Hannan, Israel) Pinchevski, Amit (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, USA) Buzzanell, Patrice M. (University of South Florida, Canada) Hannan, Jason (The University of Winnipeg
Jason Hannan, University of Winnipeg) Hannan, Jason (Associate Professor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications, Associate Professor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications