Science and Anthropology in a Post-Truth World - A Critique of Unreason and Academic Nonsense (Paperback)

At the end of 2019, Americans were living in an era of post-truth characterized by fake news, weaponized lies, alternative facts, conspiracy theories, magical thinking, and irrationalism. While many complex interconnected factors were at work, this post-truth era was partly the culmination of a cadre of anthropologists and other academics in American universities and colleges during the 1980's and 1990's. In Science and Anthropology in a Post-Truth World, H. Sidky examines how their untoward dalliance with problematic and dangerous ideas by Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Bruno Latour, and Jean Baudrillard informed and empowered a forceful assault on science and truth in the following decades by corporate organizations, politicians, religious extremists, and right-wing populists.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2022
Authors:	H. Sidky
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-79360-653-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism
LSN:	1-79360-653-6
Barcode:	9781793606532

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