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

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. Science and scientific knowledge were under attack. While many complex interconnected factors were at work, post-truth in the United States 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:	November 2020
Authors:	H. Sidky
Dimensions:	230 x 158 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-79360-651-8
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 Promotions
LSN:	1-79360-651-X
Barcode:	9781793606518

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