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Truth in the Public Sphere

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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.
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 Ranciere, 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 Cezanne About the Contributors
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